July 3, 2013 – Violence and Anger – 2

Not to have heard the voice of God and His angels is the world’s idea of sanity.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 531)

Violence and Anger – 2

You may hear all the insults in the world, people may tell you all possible stupidities; if you are not weak, you may perhaps not smile outwardly, for it is not always good taste to smile, but deep within you, you are smiling, you let it pass, it does not touch you… Simply, if your mind has formed the habit of being quiet as it is recommended here, and you have the perception of truth within yourself, you can hear anything at all. It does not even produce the semblance of a vibration – everything remains absolutely immobile and quiet. And then if the witness we were speaking about a while ago is there, looking on at the comedy, he surely smiles.

But if you feel the vibrations which come from the other person who throws on you all his violence and anger, if you feel this…. at first it does….and then, suddenly, there is a response; and then if you yourself begin to get into a temper, you may be sure that you are as weak as he.

The Mother

The Great Adventure – A Diary for All Times. Page 89.