This Is the KARMA You Create - If You Hate Someone
In this satsang, Swami Mukundananda explains the harmful effects of hatred and how harbouring bitterness can adversely affect our karma, mental well-being and spiritual growth. He emphasises that hatred does not merely harm the person towards whom it is directed; it also inflicts considerable damage upon the person who harbours it. Hatred as a Self-Inflicted Wound : Swami Mukundananda explains that harbouring hatred is akin to drinking poison in the hope that another person will suffer its effects. The bitterness we hold within ourselves primarily harms us rather than the person towards whom our hatred is directed (0:49–1:01). The Vicious Trap of Hatred : Hatred reinforces the ego and causes the mind to take pleasure in bitterness in a tamasic (ignorant and destructive) manner. As the mind increasingly indulges in such thoughts, it becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of negativity . Consequently, the mind remains impure, disturbed and clouded by bitte...
