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you hear the whine of a dog hit by a stone- or, the sight of a horse being whipped to makeit trot faster, or again, the sight of an overburdened rickshaw with the poor manstruggling to cope with his burden. Then there is the feeling of silent awe thataccompanies the sight of a dead body being carried on four shoulders.Think of other situations — the sickening smell of a dirty lane, the stench of an openlavatory, the stark reality of poverty stricken people on the road, the strange sounds andcuriously mixed odours at a railway station you can surely add on to the list.We respond in different ways to different situations. It would be interesting to observehow we meet these situations and what impact they make on us. How strongly do we feelanything? Will you try watching how you respond to situations and if you are in the habitof keeping a diary, try noting down your feelings about the things you observe.Let us now examine a common emotion, felt by young and old, teacher and student,parents and friends; the feeling of anger. Can you find out the things that make youangry?Once a group of students like you, were asked to describe what made them mostangry. Some very interesting statements made were:When I am accused of something I have not done.When someone has wronged my friend.When teacher is prejudiced against me and is partial to another.When I want something very badly and can’t get it.When mother keeps nagging me and all the time to do this or that.Now consider the amount of chemical energy that is wasted when the body is in a stateof anger. Observe how you suppress your feelings and boil inside or burst out in a rageand say all kinds of things, or how you cry in anger. Think of the amount of time it takesyou to be normal again after the incident. It is important to understand ourselves and allthe feelings that arise in us. Just as there are so many extraordinary things outside us,there are many strange, unexplained things inside us too, in our minds and hearts. Weusually love to go out on long journeys, don’t we, discovering the beauties of thecountryside, the wonders of the earth and the seas and the skies. Likewise, it might be funto goon a voyage of discovery inside us, wouldn’t it — to find out all about ourselves,our thoughts, our feelings, our responses, our actions? The beauty is that for the inwardjourney you do not have to spend a lot of money or go away to a hill-side to meditate ordo anything different. If you observe yourself, the way you walk, talk, dress, eat andrelate to your friends, teachers, parents, if you learn to look at the trees and the flowersand the beauty of the earth, if you observe people and their ways, you begin to learn a lotof things about yourself and your feelings.Think of some situations at home or at school that awakened strong feelings in you.Talk it over with your friends.If you look around, you will find that Nature has infinite form, infinite beauty andinfinite variety. Can you put down some aspects of Nature that have touched you?