When I first started to give Satsangs(spiritual gathering), it was nerve racking and to be truthfull I never did get use to it.
The one thing I use to do, pretty much every Sunday night when I was in Chicago, was read from the book "How to Cultivate Virtues and Eradicate Vices" by Swami Sivananda, probably my favorite book by him. I use to randomly pick a virtue and a vice, read about them and then give them out as practice for the week.
Since we always like to start things, practices or diets etc..at the beginning of year, month or week and tomorrow is Monday..I thought it would be good to do a practice this week
This of course came to me because today wasn't great. I don't think I've been so annoyed and irritated like that in a long time..( I was stuck at work with no electricity and no heat, there was a power outage and the powers to be where more concern about the bottom dollar then they where about their staff)
...anyhow thinking over the day was upsetting, just at how I let my emotions get the better of me and how I could have handle myself much better.
Irritation is defined in Yoga as simple form of Anger. Irritability bring with it a lack of peace. When you want to control Anger you have to control these small forms first. So of course if you want to control something you need to practice the opposite form and for anger that would be Patience.
Patience: The ability to remain calm and undisturbed in the face of difficulties. Involves dissolving anger energy. Calmness is not passivity. It gives us the opportunity to evaluate situations clearly and to make wise decisions.
So this week I will try and Culivate my Patience and Eradicate my Anger, taking it day by day....of course this is my practice, which you can also do or pick something that pertains to you, and remember when we practice these exercises they help us develop both will power and self discipline.
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