We are always encircled with
a galore of problems in our lives. Some of them are eliminated with our efforts and some other which creates a nagging sensation even
after our thorough meddling, gives us a sleepless night and then get sorted out,
but with a lot of painstaking efforts. But there are problems which are not
easily solved, make us sometimes impatient and disgruntled and ultimately the
entire situation goes out of control to convert the same into violence. Though
most of the people do not want any
situation which leads to violence, but it occurs many times. Whenever any
problem arises, people mostly search for an amicable solution with a thought of
non-violence. But the same does not mean
that everything will be calm and quiet, full of silence, there will be no
bickerings, jealousness, fighting or quarrels.
These all are the down to earth reality of our lives. Some of us take it in the right spirit and
consider the same as a passing phase, whereas some others take it seriously and
attack the opposite persons with a vengeance causing the environment and
surroundings violent. That only disturbs
the harmony and rhythm of life. It is
not always possible to remain absolutely calm and quiet and search a space devoid of
violence. It will be there, how you
react to the situation and handle the same depends on your maturity and
inspiration to lead the life.
Today’s life is very fast,
no one has time to consider other’s well beings and their feelings and under
these circumstances, the chances are there that there will be a difference in
opinion, clashes and argument on your day to day activities, which may upset
you and at times, you won’t be able to find out any solution to the said
happenings. But instead of making the environment
as violent, you have to adopt a strategy simulating that nothing serious has
happened. The total environment is to be
converted for a peaceful discussion abuzz with the sweetness of chatter. It is not so easy, but if it can be done,
violence can be avoided.
Now, violence is such a
situation in everybody’s life that it can be seen and understood across
different forms. For example, your close
friend in your office starts arguing about a trivial issue of sports or say politics. The discussions may turn beyond the control
of justification and you get so enraged that you speak harsh words and
humiliate him openly causing the environment a bit roguish. As per Buddhist Vinaya texts, “Even a tiny
grass hits the dead wood”; the same can be classified as violent. In our daily lives, we definitely observe violence. When we kick a street dog
deliberately or intentionally, it is a sort of violence. When you use bad mouth or utter some
unpleasant words to your beloved, it has also been classified as a violence. In a broader sense, any living being is
subject to violence. You can’t avoid
this situation. But you only have to
accept, digest and ensure that the environment is not getting vitiated. You may sulk, enrage and shout, but at the
end, you have to accept to bear with the same just not to intensify the
violence. To curb the violence, your visionary force must be inflamed;
otherwise leading a harmonious life will
be next to impossible.
Further, you must understand
the real meaning of non-violence. It is a vibrant sequence of life. It is not
just the absence of violence. The source
of violence is formed by the mind. Our
mind only arouses us to cause violence, which is mostly related to uproarious
thoughts, unruly desire and unwanted actions. We all have a sense of liking and
disliking for persons and objects. Like attracts
like and it is true in our life when we
deal with others. If a person is of your
liking and he says unpleasant words, criticizes or even insults, you may
digest. But if the person belongs to your non-liking segment, for a small
comment of his, you will retaliate very seriously causing a violence beyond
repairable. The uproarious thoughts for
the person whom you dislike may cause you angry and perhaps will, lead to the
act of causing physical injury by any means.
You will be tempted by unruly desire, which many a time will provoke you
to take unwanted actions of making harm or injustice severely.
Out of all the violent
actions, killing is the most unpardonable crime. It is a symbol of maximum violence. Whether the killing is for any human being or
an insect, the said act is against the wish of the Creator of this great world.
Taking someone’s life is the biggest crime.
Non-killing is the most
affable quality of any living being. The
basic principle of non-violence is to avoid taking life. To accept this philosophy, at least for the
human beings, a lot of perseverance, compassion, love and feelings for others
are required. Without these traits, it
is simply not possible to curb the urge of inflicting harm or physical injuries
to others.
Violence does not mean is to
take other’s life. It can be of injurious words, hatred speech,
sarcastic sentence and also giving affliction with vengeful criticisms. Further, attacking, hitting out and insulting
severely through a harsh communication is
also example of violence.
Finally, if you want to curb
your urge to initiate unwanted actions, a well thought of spiritual action plan
enriched with love and affection are to be inculcated in your habit. You have to develop an attitude of
non-aggression and that will replace the aggressive nature of yours and many
like you in the society. In today’s
competitive world, whenever there will be an opportunity of a benefit, people
will jump to acquire the same even though they have to displease and harm others. This is termed as a behavioral pattern of aggression.
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If you restrain yourself
from taking any unwanted action, even at the cost of your losing the benefit,
you will be able to reduce the violence. Like you, when many people follow this
practice, automatically violence will be reduced.
Finally, the less aggression
and the more the number of the less
aggressive people will increase, the more we will be happy to live together without
much of the violence.
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