DWQA QuestionsCategory: Human PotentialThe Buddha said, “In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” What is Creator’s perspective?
Nicola Staff asked 3 hours ago
This is very much wisdom on display in the ability to treat people fairly, to give them their due, reserve judgment, allow them a say, and give them breathing room to be who they are without judgment, even when there are stark differences involved and under discussion. Because people are so varied, there will often be different and clashing perspectives. Those who are careful and considerate can restrain their feelings and avoid the temptation to argue or push back in some way in an attempt to change someone's mind, better inform their thinking or, more brashly, pressure them to give in and agree. Turning to anger will often provoke anger in the other party. It is a good example of fighting fire with fire, matching passion with passion to a degree that will usually work to undermine things rather than bring about deeper awareness, understanding, and an eventual accommodation, if only agreeing to disagree and parting as friends. When people turn to anger, it is a sign they have run out of true ammunition in the sense of logic, reason, discernment, and greater wisdom. Those are powerful tools for persuasion for winning an argument instead of inflaming it to become a real dispute. Once that happens, there may well be further deterioration into name-calling and, in some cases, a shouting match or even acts of violence at an extreme. That will typically serve to harden hearts and will fuel anger and resentment in the holding of grudges. That is no way to carry out a campaign of recruitment or persuasion to entice acceptance and fellowship for being who one is and what they might have to offer as a friend, or just an acquaintance even, but one who is a respectable member of society and perhaps knows things or has useful contacts and, at a minimum, represents no threat or liability to be around. Dealing with an angry person is much like going into combat. Even when it falls short of physical harmdoing, it may leave emotional scars that sometimes last a lifetime, and this is why people need to think twice before losing control of themselves because they will be letting others see them at their worst.