Anger is one of the heinous passions that man shares with the lower animals. Hence it is said that an angry man is nearer to a beast. Man loses absolute control over his self, when he gets angry. He behaves in the most unnatural manner, as if, a symptom-of insanity has temporarily grown in him.
He suddenly becomes unbalanced in his speeches, movements and behaviour. He becomes, for the time being, absolutely blind to the reasons, and also blind to his natural feelings of lover compassion and broad-mindedness.
An angry man can do anything, being under the influence of anger. He may commit crimes, which in his normal life he cannot even dream of. He does not know that his anger can bring about his own danger.
By losing his sense of judgement, sometimes he commits inhuman injuries even to his near and dear ones, who happen to be the victims of his anger.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
Anger is a vile passion, no doubt. But sometimes, anger can also be justified. Suppose, when a person’s honour is threatened, he must protest boldly which may take the shape of anger; in such a case he cannot be accused, because he has every right to protest loudly and defend himself from indignant threats. Thus his anger or loud grievance is justified.
But that does not mean that he should be carried away by anger, just because his cause is righteous. He should show his anger in a controlled mood, and behave like a civilized man.
It is wise to conquer anger. It can be done by repeated efforts with patience. One should try to be conscious about the degree of his anger, and try to control his nerves when they are excited by the drive of anger.
Anger raises blood pressure in a human body. So it is necessary to keep the pressure of blood under control for the sake of one’s health.
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It is said that anger can be controlled, if one count the numerical in a reverse way, that is, the counting will begin from ten, nine, eight and thus downwards up to zero and the same set of counting should be repeated. In this way, his anger may come down, because of the willful distraction of the mind.
A cultured man, when he gets angry with anything or anyone, does not generally show it openly. He suppresses it within himself in such a way that although his face becomes red, yet his voice and body do not openly indicate extra passion in spite of his great displeasure and unavoidable annoyance.
But an ignorant man flares up instantly, without giving a proper thought to the cause of his anger with genuine reasons. So he becomes dangerous not only to himself, but also to the victims of his anger.
Constant efforts should be made to get rid of the evil curse of anger or at least to considerably suppress it so as to escape from undesirable clash or ruin of either of the parties-the angry person and the victim of anger.