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Anger

Guidance from Sri Aurobindo
Anger, moreover, like all forms of violence, is always a sign
of weakness, impotence and incapacity. Here the deception
comes from the approval one gives it or the flattering adjective
one covers it with; for rage can be no more than blind, ignorant
and asuric — opposed to the light.
The Mother: Conversation with a Disciple, january 17, 1961

Yes, anger is a harmful and wasteful force, harmful both to the
person himself and to the one on whom it is thrown. You are
right in saying that it must be got rid of. Anger immediately
opens the door to hostile forces; it is as if you were calling them.
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It [a violent outburst of anger] is obviously a surprise attack that
took you off your guard. But you must throw off the tendency
to anger with yourself also as well as the other tendency to
sudden anger with others — for all anger only disturbs the con-
sciousness and makes it difficult to keep the quiet poise. The
whole thing has to be thrown out and the consciousness has to
recover and be as if it had not happened.
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These things, hard forms of speech, anger etc., are habits
formed by the vital-physical consciousness and, as they are
supported by the subconscient, very difficult to change. If one
can conquer or change them by force of will or mental or spiri-
tual control, so much the better. But if one cannot do this at
once, one must not be upset or think oneself unfit. It is easier
for most to realise the Divine or enter into the psychic con-
sciousness than to change this part of the nature; but once the
psychic consciousness governs or the higher consciousness
descends then it is much easier for these to go. You must not

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