Protecting Ourselves From Anger


Protecting Ourselves From Anger

Life is challenging. Every day people face situations that can make one feel stress and anger. Modern science has proven the effects stress and anger have on the health and wellness of our body and mind. Picture a boomerang. When we throw it, it comes back to us. When we feel anger and hatred for others, it boomerangs back to us. The people we are angry with may or may not be hurt by our anger, but we definitely will be. If we have angry thoughts, others may or may not know it. They may sense it, but they may not even realise it. We may speak angry words, but if other people are calm and have control, it will bounce off them. Therefore, we do not hurt them, but cause those words to boomerang to us. Similarly, we may even strike other people, but if they are calm, they will either turn the other cheek or remain unaffected. Who bears the brunt of that anger? It is returned to the sender. Anger causes stress-related ailments. Scientists are now discovering that continued exposure to the body's own stress hormones can cause buildup in blood vessels and nervous system that may cause a stroke, damage parts of the brain, or cause anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems. If we know this, we may think twice before sending out the boomerang of anger. If we know it will come back to us, we can ask ourselves, "Do we want to receive the consequence of sending out anger? Is there any way that we can deal with stress and anger so that it does not create stress-related illness in our body and mind? The way to avoid sending out anger that will come back to haunt us is to forgive. To avoid disastrous consequences, it is much better to forgive. Instead of letting thoughts of hatred and anger possess us and ruin our lives, we should stop ourselves and forgive the other person. In this way, we can keep our mind free and clear of the that will come back to haunt us is to forgive. To avoid disastrous consequences, it is much better to forgive. Instead of letting thoughts of hatred and anger possess us and ruin our lives, we should stop ourselves and forgive the other person. In this way, we can keep our mind free and clear of the detrimental effects of anger. The secret to forgiveness is love. In a state of love, forgiveness comes easily. If we are to forgive all who cause us pain, we must develop a love for all of God's creation. This can only happen when we see the light of God in everyone. Through meditation, we can begin to experience the Light of God within ourselves. When this happens,we willbe able to see the Light of God in all of God's creatures and begin to love all of creation. Then. forgiveness will follow Forgiveness has both mental andemotional benefits. When we are filwith anger and hatred, we cannot cocentrate on our work. Our productivand efficiency may drop because weunable to keep our mind on our worlMedical researchers are noticing an benefit of forgiveness.It has a positiveffect on our brain. If we know thatanger can cause irreparable damagour brain and affect our thinking anemotional states, then we may want consider learning the art of forgiver Let us concentrate on our spirinature. As we experience the innerof God, let us convert that into com scion and forgiveness for those who us and build harmonious relation

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Courtesy:  Sant Rajinder Singh  Speaking Tree,Times of India