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Sri Sri: Often violence comes with noise. Non-violence happens in
silence.
People who are violent make huge noise; they make it known.
People who are non-violent are quiet. But the
time has come for people
who are non-violent to make noise so that the violence will quiet down.
The message of non-violence
has to come loud and clear so that it can be
heard from a young age.
A sense of shame has to be connected with anger
and violence. The reason
for violence in young people is a sense of pride in anger and violence,
not a sense of shame.
People feel proud that they are violent or angry.
They think it is prestigious or a status symbol to be aggressive.
Aggression
is not thought to be a quality to be ashamed of. This
promotes aggression and violence in the whole society, and when
aggression and violence are promoted, human values diminish. Some movies
and modern music glorify frustration, anger
and revenge and make these a
role model for children.
We need to promote human values especially love compassion
and
belongingness loud and clear. Speak to groups or through your local
media in the newspaper and on TV and create
as many Art Excel and Art of
Living courses in your area as possible.
David asks :"If people are ashamed to be angry,
won't that keep them
unnatural and set up resistance in them that will persist?"
Sri
Sri: "If they are not ashamed, they will feel a free license to get
angry and violent. Sometimes resistance is a good
thing (Like resistance
to disease or resistance to bad habits)."
|| Jai Guru Dev ||
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