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It does not matter how much people preach "don't get

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angry"; when certain situations arise, you get angry. It
does not matter what kind of human being you become;
even if you become superhuman, you will never have
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with the company you work for, your family or the
world, you will never have total control over external
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situation. Emotional states like anger, hate, lust,
compassion or love -- from the lowest states to the
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energy. People often ask, "Can we exist without anger?"
This is generally because anger is the most intense emotion people have experienced in their lives. People
want intensity, but the only way they know how to be intense is through physical action, anger or pain.
The very reason why drugs and sex have become such a big thing in the world is, somehow, people want
to experience some intensity, at least for a few moments -- it is the intensity that draws them. I am
always talking about intensity because intensity is the only thing man is seeking, and it is the only thing
that will liberate man from his present bondages.

But unfortunately, for most people, their fear, anger and hatred are the most intense situations in their
lives. Their love is never so intense. Their peace is never so intense. Their joy is never so intense.
Instead, their negativities are intense, so they experience power in negative circumstances.

Anger is enormous intensity; it is an intensity that hurts you. It is an intensity that can get you into a lot

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of trouble. It is an intensity that can destroy people around you and yourself in so many ways. But if you
transform your energy in a certain way, it naturally becomes love and compassion. Then, slowly, as the
process goes further, you reach the pinnacle of self-awareness and experience a unity with all life. The
whole process of yoga is based on this.

For many people, "yoga" just means twisting yourself into some impossible postures. But that is not what
we are referring to as yoga. "Yoga" means to be in perfect tune, when your body, mind, spirit and the
existence are in absolute harmony. When you fine-tune yourself to such a point where everything
functions so beautifully within you, the best of your abilities will naturally flow out of you. So yoga is the
science of activating your inner energies in such a way that your body, mind and emotions function at
their highest peak.

Suppose you start experiencing everyone around you as part of yourself. After that, no one needs to teach
you to be good, not to harm others. And once you are experientially a part of everything, then nobody
needs to teach you morality. Then you can do something about any given situation that may be
unpleasant, but without anger. What you have to do, you do; but when you do it with anger and hatred, it
is of no value. A day can come when, even if you are put into the most extreme situation, your energies
will remain very calm. When you act out of unity with all life, you act without identity. Only then can you
function out of your intelligence.

Yoga means to cultivate your energy in such a way that gradually it breaks the physical limitations and
elevates you to the highest level of awareness, the flowering of human potential.

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