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How to control anger before it controls you

Do you find yourself angry way too often? Does anger mess up your relationships? This reminds me of a Dulquer Salmaan starrer 'Kali' which shows how anger is a life threatening thing for the person prone to anger - it turns you into a monster in a fraction of a second, making you say and do things that you never intended to do. In this film, the hero loses his temper so often that it puts his wife in real danger! In real life too, anger often leads us to say and do things that end up with disastrous consequences for ourselves than anyone else. Trust me, I know. Been there, done that! In Pandit Rajmani Tigunait's autobiography My Spiritual Quest and Life with Swami Rama (a candid account of a village boy's spiritual struggles in today's world), he shares what happened when he lost his cool.  While studying in a Sanskrit school, there was a temple of the Goddess nearby and  he lived in one of its small chambers. He was very hungry and the domestic help at the te...