An other Way To Approach Fear And Anger
Apain and fear by trying to ignore it all, hoping it will disappear. Or, as ch of Western mythology teaches us, can boldly 'confront' fears and stacles, inorder to overcome them. waver, in many Eastern traditions we offered a somewhat different, rather prising way to deal with fears and llenges. Wear encouraged, whenever sible, to courageously choose to destined and 'befriend' them. Stories that different traditions pass contain wise approaches to some tough ngs that life tosses us. Let's look at a ry adapted from Buddhist tradition ut a demon who fed on the fear and gerof those of the human world, where re was no lack of food for him. It was all easy to grow big and fat on easily voted family quarrels, religious, munal or national hatred. He became n more ambitious and thought: Shouldn'tImove up from humans, and try with the devas, the shining ones?" He decided to choose the realm of the 33 devas ruled by King Sakka, because, he knew that the inhabitants were far above petty and selfish quarrels-but though they were from a higher realm and therefore better than humans, only a few of them had really completely eliminated the shackles of fear, ill-will and aversion. Fortunately for him, he arrived there when King Sakka was away Finding no one in the large audience hall, the demon seated himself on Sakka's empty throne,waitingquietlyfor things to occur, which he hoped would bring him a tasty, satiating feast. When the first devas entered, they could hardly believe their eyes-a disgusting monster sat on the royal throne, drooling and grinning. Recovering from their initial shock, they immediately began to wail and shout: "You awful demon! How dare you sit on the throne of our ruler? What insolence! Such utter disrespect! You should be cast headlong into the lowest hells, straight into a boilingcauldron! Get out! Get out!" The demon continued to stay where he was, laughing at their tantrums, growing more elated as their anger increased. Moment by moment gorging on their fear and anger, he grew in size, in strength, in power, in fearsomeness. And the anger he absorbed into his system started to ooze as a smoky-red, stinking, glowing mist that kept the devas at a distance and even dimmed their natural radiance. Suddenly a bright glow appeared athe other end of the hall growing into a dazzling light from which the deva-kingappeared. Sakka approached, unshaken by what he saw. The smoke screen created by the anger of the devas parted as he slowly and politely approached the usurper of his throne, saying: "Welcome, friend! Pleaseremain seated, relax. I can take anotherchair May I offer you our hospitality?" While Sakka spoke these genuinelyfriendlywords, the demon, being deniehis nourishment, rapidly shrank and finally disappeared, leaving behind only a faint whiff of smelly smokewhicsoon dissolved. The story suggests that often an unexpected, more interesting, kind, adventurous, often playful approach to many issues is called for, one that develops our capacity for alternative solutions, not our immediately reactive fear The results can really surprise us. We could end up realising the 'enemy weaker than we imagined; we could uncover and release past hurts; comet an understanding of cheroots of our habits; find out gentleness is often strength; learn to trust our inner wisdom more deeply.
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An other Way To Approach Fear And Anger
Apain and fear by trying to ignore it all, hoping it will disappear. Or, as ch of Western mythology teaches us, can boldly 'confront' fears and stacles, inorder to overcome them. waver, in many Eastern traditions we offered a somewhat different, rather prising way to deal with fears and llenges. Wear encouraged, whenever sible, to courageously choose to destined and 'befriend' them. Stories that different traditions pass contain wise approaches to some tough ngs that life tosses us. Let's look at a ry adapted from Buddhist tradition ut a demon who fed on the fear and gerof those of the human world, where re was no lack of food for him. It was all easy to grow big and fat on easily voted family quarrels, religious, munal or national hatred. He became n more ambitious and thought: Shouldn'tImove up from humans, and try with the devas, the shining ones?" He decided to choose the realm of the 33 devas ruled by King Sakka, because, he knew that the inhabitants were far above petty and selfish quarrels-but though they were from a higher realm and therefore better than humans, only a few of them had really completely eliminated the shackles of fear, ill-will and aversion. Fortunately for him, he arrived there when King Sakka was away Finding no one in the large audience hall, the demon seated himself on Sakka's empty throne,waitingquietlyfor things to occur, which he hoped would bring him a tasty, satiating feast. When the first devas entered, they could hardly believe their eyes-a disgusting monster sat on the royal throne, drooling and grinning. Recovering from their initial shock, they immediately began to wail and shout: "You awful demon! How dare you sit on the throne of our ruler? What insolence! Such utter disrespect! You should be cast headlong into the lowest hells, straight into a boilingcauldron! Get out! Get out!" The demon continued to stay where he was, laughing at their tantrums, growing more elated as their anger increased. Moment by moment gorging on their fear and anger, he grew in size, in strength, in power, in fearsomeness. And the anger he absorbed into his system started to ooze as a smoky-red, stinking, glowing mist that kept the devas at a distance and even dimmed their natural radiance. Suddenly a bright glow appeared athe other end of the hall growing into a dazzling light from which the deva-kingappeared. Sakka approached, unshaken by what he saw. The smoke screen created by the anger of the devas parted as he slowly and politely approached the usurper of his throne, saying: "Welcome, friend! Pleaseremain seated, relax. I can take anotherchair May I offer you our hospitality?" While Sakka spoke these genuinelyfriendlywords, the demon, being deniehis nourishment, rapidly shrank and finally disappeared, leaving behind only a faint whiff of smelly smokewhicsoon dissolved. The story suggests that often an unexpected, more interesting, kind, adventurous, often playful approach to many issues is called for, one that develops our capacity for alternative solutions, not our immediately reactive fear The results can really surprise us. We could end up realising the 'enemy weaker than we imagined; we could uncover and release past hurts; comet an understanding of cheroots of our habits; find out gentleness is often strength; learn to trust our inner wisdom more deeply.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Marguerite Theophil kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Marguerite Theophil Speaking Tree,Times of India