` J.Krishnamurthy once said that living with the mind is like living with a live snake in the room. One has to be very alert and attentive.
I would like to add that living with one’s mind is more like living with a snake and a bottle of scotch. Whiskey is tempting. But one cannot risk being less alert and less vigilant. One does not know whether the snake is deadly or not. Vigilant, alert, attentive, one has to take a big risk if one wants to succumb to temptations. Images of pleasures come up on the surface to attract and tempt. Dangers lurk everywhere. Not one snake, but so many are there. In spite of all the dangers and temptations, and among them and through them life has to go on with a peaceful mind. Being peaceful and calm underneath is definitely difficult. But if you study and understand all the snakes, and their behavior, one can manage.
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Anger as said in the text, is within and not outside. It does not 'happen' but is 'caused'.And the cause is one's expectation. Expectation is one's own and not anyone else's.In otherwords one fails to expect corrrectly; and therefore anger.
Where is the root? In ONE'S INABILITY to expect correctly. May be inability NOT TO EXPECT.
So one is angry at oneself. Why should I be angry at myself about my inability? It affects me and none else.
I better not expect and hence not be angry.
Unni
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