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無暴力的喧嘩 The Noise of Nonviolence

#200 1999/4/21 美國 加州蘋果谷

暴力通常伴隨著喧嘩而至，而無暴力則在寧靜中發生。粗暴的人會製造巨大的噪音，使眾人皆知。而無暴力的人則是安安靜靜的。但現在是無暴力的人製造喧嘩的時候了，如此暴力才會平息。無暴力的訊息必須響亮而清楚的發出，如此，年輕的一輩才聽得到。

我們必須將憤怒及暴力跟羞恥感連結在一起。年輕人的暴力之所以發生，是因為他們以憤怒及暴力為傲，而不是引以為恥。人們以暴力或是憤怒為傲。他們認為攻擊侵犯是特權或是身份的象徵。

人們不將攻擊侵犯視為是令人羞恥的特質，這助長了整個社會中的攻擊侵犯及暴力。而當攻擊侵犯及暴力增長時，人性價值就消失。有些電影和現代音樂歌頌沮喪、憤怒和報復，並使之成為孩子的模仿對象。我們必須既響亮又清晰地鼓吹人性價值，尤其是愛、同情心和歸屬感。向團體講述，或透過當地的報紙及電視媒體討論，並且在你所在的區域，盡可能地開發「青少年全方位卓越訓練」及「生活的藝術」課程。

大衛問：如果人們以憤怒為恥，這難道不會使他們變得不自然，並且形成內心的抗拒，使之更揮之不去嗎？

古儒吉：如果他們不引以為恥，他們將會自由無慮地發怒與行使暴力。有時候抗拒是件好事，就像抗拒疾病或是壞習慣。

200 THE NOISE OF NON-VIOLENCE

Weekly Knowledge #200 Apple Valley, California 21 Apr 1999 United States

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)."

NEWS FLASH: Sri Sri continued on from Kauai, Hawaii to the Island of Oahu, Hawaii where an advanced course, public Satsangs and meetings with government leaders awaited Him. The Hawaiian Prison Smart program continues to flourish and other new programs for government agencies are being planned. Sri Sri spoke at a luncheon honoring volunteer service leaders, was interviewed on NBC-TV and was invited to speak at a youth conference with delegates from over 100 countries. The traveling Satsang then made its way to the mainland and a warm welcome from our Art of Living community in Apple Valley, California.

JAl GURU DEV