If you do not meet anyone who abuses you, then how can you know whether there is anger in you or not? Try to understand this. You will not be able to know many things about yourself if you do not meet people. If you do not meet anyone who abuses you, then how can you know whether there is anger in you or not? If nobody insults you, then you will think that you are without anger. You will know the anger within you only when someone abuses you. So in a way, the person who abused you has helped you to understand yourself; he has helped you to realize that there is anger within you which was kept suppressed. That dark corner came into light by his abuse. How is wisdom born? it is born out of conflict, it is born by accepting the challenges of life - by getting defeated, by falling down and by rising again. When you are abused a thousand times and you get angry a thousand times, a moment comes when you will not become angry on being abused. The experience of a thousand times will make you understand that there is no point in burning with anger - somebody else is abusing, so why should I punish myself for that? Then surely one day you will not react when somebody abuses you, you will not get angry. That very day the thorn in you will become a flower and you will be a changed person. The peace which you will experience that day cannot be given to you by any jungle. The peace of a jungle is a dead peace. If you become peaceful amidst these abuses, then your peace is real peace. The peace of a jungle is like the peace of a graveyard: the place is quiet and deserted, there is no one. It is negative. If you become peaceful in this world, then it is positive. The peace of the jungle is like death, and the peace of the world is very lively.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:50 +0000
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