Question: I’m impatient who say ‘nonsense’ as I have a strong sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Answer: If you know what is right, then all the more you should be patient, so as to deliver the message clearly. Often, we we deliver a message with impatience, it is less well received, as the listener might feel hurt, [...]

A Tit for a Tat (338) Tit: Why are you upset? Tat: Because of his mistake. Tit: It’s your mistake too! Tat: Why? Tit: Because you cling to his mistake, to let it upset you! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/10/what-crap-2 Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/10/strange-behaviour About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

Q: Why do the Angry Birds hurl themselves at others? A: Because when you’re angry, you become irrational, hurting yourself as you try to hurt others. E: ‘Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burnt – first.’ [...]

A Tit for a Tat (206) Tit: He is very angry! Tat: Yes, he is very ill. Tit: Is it? Tat: Isn’t anger an illness because it harms oneself and others? Tit: I see… I thought you meant he was really ill. Tat: Anger is his recurring disease! Tit: If he was ill conventionally, I [...]

If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the same to them? Why create hell for someone when all one wants when dying is peace of mind? Would not the giving of hell lead the dying to hell with anger and anguish? Would not [...]

We should avoid harsh speech unless it is really needed to wake up another (with good intentions), while we should see harsh speech from others as a wake-up call. Even if that scolded over is unreasonable, it is still a wake-up call – to practise patience, to seek more understanding on the anger.

A friend sent an old news link about how a girl killed and cut her parents into pieces due to both frustration and fear. The news reported on investigation into whether she was mentally ill or not. But of course she was ill! Even if she was proven not ill in the conventional medical sense, [...]

One who easily loses one’s mindfulness easily loses one’s temper. – Stonepeace The Hulk never intentionally hurts the innocent. But does that really make him always innocent, just as innocent as the ones accidentally hurt, as part of the collateral damage he inflicts? Not really – because he should cure his rage by better cultivating [...]

A Tit for a Tat (157) Tit: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep making me angry? Tat: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep becoming angry? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/08/accent-of-no-accent Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/08/do-you-really-need-it About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

‘Hulk not monster!’ So yells the Hulk, as he slams stuff… monstrously… In ‘Hulk: Gray’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, we’re reminded of how the Hulk was first featured grey (not green) in the comics, of how anger, as embodied by him is not really ‘black or white’ but ‘black and white’ – because [...]

Q: How do I convince my father to observe the Five Precepts, when they don’t ‘buy’ karma readily? A: The ‘simple’ solution is this. You must learn and practise the Dharma better, so that you will be able to touch and influence him more deeply through your conduct. Whenever you come across good teachings, you [...]

All instances of being peeved in the past came to pass. Phew! All instances of being peeved in the present will pass too. Phew! But if all such instances come only to pass, why get peeved at all? Why invest even an iota of energy, time and emotion in senseless peeved-ness? Without any good reason [...]

Was thinking of ranting against someone’s senseless stupidity when I realised it would be senseless and stupid, especially if it would have no effect. There must be another solution. Why hold on to the rage in this moment, when you might die in the next, when it can lead to a negative rebirth? – Stonepeace [...]

In ‘Green Lantern: Secret Origin’ by Geoff Johns, Sinestro teaches Hal Jordan on how to use his power ring, which can manifest any form he visualises to rescue or defend beings in need – ‘Your constructs are weak. They’re laced with anger. And although the guardians [of the Green Lantern Corps] believe fear creates cracks [...]

Lawrence: [Seeing gun and bullets] I didn’t know you hunted monsters. Singh: Sometimes monsters hunt you. ‘The Wolfman’, like all good monster movies, be they remakes or not, remains a cautionary tale. If we take the wolf half of a wolfman (aka. werewolf) to represent the inner beast, the raging animal aspect of us seething [...]