Daily Messages

“If we analyze why we ever get angry, it is almost always because our expectations did not match facts or reality. It is not getting the things that we want that makes us angry, but only when our expectations of getting a thing, in the way in which we want is not met, that makes us angry. Expectation is a quality of the Prana sarira and to some extent Manomaya kosa. We have built up our expectations based upon our past experiences and how we have interpreted them. We then projected these expectations into the future. It may thus be seen that anger is a quality essentially of the vital- mind. As such, quack remedies such as jumping, running or punching a bag or pillow will be mostly futile. Following these suggestions will make us tired, but we will still be angry. And yelling at people whenever we feel angry is likely to be counterproductive. The advise in the journalist columns of psychology- "let it out" anger reactions are also mostly unproductive. This is because as a mental quality, we cannot use lower vibrational, physical energy to diffuse our anger. As Einstein said, "No problem can be solved at the same level of consciousness that created it." This means we cannot use physical means, or even vital or mental means, to solve a mental problem.”

— Ref: BP9 - 118