ANGER You must break the force of your anger with love. If you feel yourself becoming angry, make sure you do nothing unkind because of your anger. You must make a special effort to be kind to the very person you are angry with. Sweeten your anger with kindness. When you do this, you will be able to draw benefit from the Tzaddik and then you will be able to understand the true goal of all things. You will taste the delight of the World to Come, and you will see how everything in the world is part of the movement to this ultimate goal. Your perception will be according to the root which you have in the soul of the Tzaddik (18:2).
כַּעַס
א. צָרִיךְ לְשַׁבֵּר אֶת הַכַּעַס בְּרַחֲמָנוּת. הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁבָּא לִכְלַל כַּעַס, לֹא יִפְעֹל בְּכַעֲסוֹ שׁוּם אַכְזָרִיּוּת, רַק אַדְּרַבָּא, יִתְגַּבֵּר אָז בְּרַחֲמָנוּת גָּדוֹל עַל זֶה שֶׁרוֹצֶה לִכְעֹס, וְיַמְתִּיק הַכַּעַס בְּרַחֲמָנוּת. וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לְקַבֵּל מֵהַצַּדִּיק וְלִתְפֹּס בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ אֶת הַתַּכְלִית, שֶׁהוּא שַׁעֲשׁוּעַ עוֹלָם הַבָּא. וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם יָכוֹל לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הַתַּכְלִית הָאַחֲרוֹן וּלְהַשִּׂיגוֹ, כְּפִי שֹׁרְשׁוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בְּתוֹךְ נִשְׁמַת הַצַּדִּיק: (לק"א סי' י"ח אות ב')
ANGER
You must break the force of your anger with love. If you feel yourself becoming angry, make sure you do nothing unkind because of your anger. You must make a special effort to be kind to the very person you are angry with. Sweeten your anger with kindness. When you do this, you will be able to draw benefit from the Tzaddik and then you will be able to understand the true goal of all things. You will taste the delight of the World to Come, and you will see how everything in the world is part of the movement to this ultimate goal. Your perception will be according to the root which you have in the soul of the Tzaddik (18:2).