Kensington Market, Toronto
Anger/Danger
A few days ago, in Ottawa during
a walk at the confluence of Rideau Canal and the Ottawa River by a cliff, a
sign is posted warning pedestrians not to get too close. It reads, or is
supposed to read “Danger,” with an image of a man falling off the cliffs edge.
Someone had come along, when security wasn’t looking, and blocked out the “D”
from the word leaving it to read “Anger.” I guess the person’s intent was to
project a moment of truth. After all, the two words can be considered
synonymous as an angry person is often dangerous. And to touch reality on this
matter the Bhagavad-Gita does indeed list three items that lead to a
fall. They are lust, anger and greed (kama, krodha, and lobha).
In fact, these items take you straight to the trail of hell.
Hell doesn’t necessarily refer to
a place of burning flames, that is usually the reference that people imply, but
it definitely means a place of suffering. The comedian Red Skelton once said,
“If someone’s in hell you can’t tell them where to go.” The toxic nature that a
person carries, such as anger, is indeed a state of hell; a state of self
torture.
So, as I was walking back from a
hospital visit at Toronto General West this very night I was pondering on the
amazing force of anger, how it can consume us and envelop us into a sealed in
darkness that is hard to get loose from unless you try and cry out for help.
May the Source be with you!
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