*EmpoweringYourSoulThroughMeditation* Overcoming Anger - Replacing Anger with Love, by Sant Rajinder Singh

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Overcoming

Anger Replacing Anger with Love

by Sant Rajinder Singh

A Story from the Book

" Spiritual Pearls for

Enlightened Living "

[ ISBN-10 0-918224-52-7]

[iSBN-13 978-0-918224-52-I]

~*~

Once Mother was asked by someone ''Do you ever become

angered by all the examples of

social injustice that you see around you in India

and in other parts of the world

in with you work?'' Mother beautifully

answered, ''Why should I expend

energy in anger when I can expend it in love?''

This

response by Mother illustrates a high angle of vision by which

We can lead our lives. Every day

we find many situations that can provoke anger

Sometimes we become very angry when someone hurts or offend

us. There are

Instances in which we become angry when we see others being

hurt. We may find

cases of social injustice in which a group of people in society

is being treated

unfairly. In each of these cases, we may feel that a wrong

has been committed.

We may may not be able to ignore what is happening. The

difference is in how

we respond to injustice. We have the capability to make

choices. We can either

reach out of anger, or we can overcome and replace the anger with love.

Mother chose to overcome anger with love.

There is plenty

of anger and violence in the world. In every town and village

In every home, one finds

explosions of anger. To respond to this

anger with

more anger only fuels the flames. We do not put out fire

by fanning the flames.

We have to smother the fire.

Similarly, we do not put out fires of anger by

adding more fire to them. We can smother the fire of anger with love.

Rather than add one more angry

voice to a dispute, we should add the

balm

of sweetness to cool down the

tempers of others. Rather than add to the

vibrations of the atmosphere with

an angry thought, we should send loving

thoughts to cleanse the atmosphere.

It takes a lot of energy to

respond in anger. That response tends to deplete us

and drain us. But if we use our

energy to respond lovingly, we will not only

bring harmony to the situation, we

will be energized by that love. When we

act lovingly, we are opening the

door for God's love to flow through us. We

are energized and boosted by Godly love.

The next time we find ourselves

in a situation in which an injustice is taking

place , we can practice

responding with love instead of anger. We can note

The effect that our positive response

has both on the situation and on our

own well-being.

There is enough anger in the

world. Let us bring harmony and peace to the world.

Let us overcome violence with

love. We will find the benefit of doing so will

have the ripple effect and it

will not be long before our environment, our

community, and our society will

become a haven of peace.~*~

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