Dmitry Ogarko
I am a doctor. And doctors are a specific kind of people. Everything they encounter in life, they immediately classify as useful or harmful.
Surely, an expert in the depths of human psychology will promptly point out that such a perspective contains a certain categorical nature and duality, which in itself is not very… And they would indeed be right.
However, I believe that a good doctor is distinguished by a particular understanding. Specifically: what is poison for one is medicine for another. Everything depends on the dose, circumstances, and other human configurations. Everything is relative, as those same experts in human psychology say.
But, in my opinion, there are also absolute poisons. For instance, potassium cyanide. Although, it is said that Rasputin took cyanides daily for breakfast with tea and gingerbread to strengthen his immune system, so to speak. We know from history that having a good immune system didn’t particularly help him…
So, I am actually getting to a point. Absolute toxicity is not only the domain of chemical substances but also of certain emotional states. And the most bitter emotional poison, as authoritative sources with a millennium of reputation assert, is malevolence. Or rather, what arises from it: anger, hatred, rage, vengefulness, envy, jealousy.
That’s quite a little set… It’s unlikely anyone would want to buy that for themselves, even if it were cheap.
These sources state that experiencing anger for just one minute destroys 100 years of joy we have accumulated. But, for certain reasons, this very set is currently in vogue.
Let’s analyze why.
The emotion of “anger” by itself is a standard basic option for humans. And what is natural can surely sometimes be useful in life.
Indeed, a brief experience of anger allows one to see with utmost clarity and in all its finest details the characteristics of what we dislike and gives an initial understanding and motivation on how to keep away from that object.
Anger is a brilliant flash of clarity.
And that’s where its conditionally useful properties end. After that point, it blinds and psychologically burns the person experiencing it.
It’s like trying to fuel a house stove with gasoline — spectacular, of course, but foolish and ineffective. That’s why among samurais, the fight was considered lost as soon as anger arose in a samurai.
IN SHORT, FOR VICTORY, ONE NEEDS NOT ANGER BUT A CLEAR HEAD, A REASONABLE AND CLEAR ACTION PLAN, AND UNBREAKABLE WILL
So why is there so much hatred around now?
Because it is being cultivated.
Politicians in any country of the world desperately need raw materials for a powerful burst of rage that they direct at their opponents. Leftover raw materials also come in handy: blinded, psychologically burnt-out people are easy to manipulate.
Politics and humanitarianism are antonyms. Without exception.
Anger has nothing to do with patriotism, heroism, and bravery. If a persistent feeling of hatred arises, it means that at that very moment, someone is skillfully using us.
So what should we do? Like, not to get angry?
No options. That doesn’t work. It’s like trying not to think about a white elephant.
An effective approach is a three-step algorithm from the same authoritative sources that have gained wisdom through years of observing processes in their mind.
1. Recognize the moment of anger’s onset and acknowledge what exactly provokes you in that situation.
2. Apply the antidote to anger. It would be wise to ponder that people often do ridiculous things more out of stupidity than malice. And to feel sympathy for those unfortunate, confused beings.
3. Continue doing what you do best, filling those actions with noble and kind motivation.
And this is the best thing you can do for yourself.
Every villain will inevitably face the harsh rebound of their foolish actions. Therefore, by wishing and rejoicing in someone else’s death, we create very serious problems only for ourselves.
Our life is a short launching pad before a rather long upcoming journey. And how this journey will be — nightmarish or joyful — critically depends on what we feel at the moment of our last breath.
And MAY EACH OF OUR BREATHS BE FILLED WITH LOVE
Translated by Maria Zayats
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Дмитрий Огарко
Врач ортопед-травматолог Клиники остеопатии доктора Огарко, детский ортопед, вертебролог, практикующий остеопат
