Jeevan Vigyan - A Guide Of Teachers Training: 12.02 ►Internal Causes of Violence

The prime cause of violence is stress. Only a man in the grip of stress commits violence. Stress cause bio-chemical imbal­ance in the body, which accelerate violence. Violence is not caused by external factors alone, the causes are internal as well, due to stress, certain glandular secretions increase, causing chemical im­balance. The individual, unaware of homeostatic changes, be­comes violent. This is the second precipitating factor leading to violence.

The above two, causes imbalance the nervous system, which lead to a man, becoming violent.

Negative orientation is the fourth major reason leading to violence. Hatred, jealousy, fear, lust are all negative orientation. They influence feelings and emotions, which turn an individual vio­lent. The fifth cause of violence is hyperactivity. Hyperactivity of the mind, speech and that of the body leads to violence. Hyper­activity affects biological, bio-chemical, biophysical and mental process and excites them. This excitement causes violence.

External Causes of Violence

1. Distorted concept of development
2. unbalanced social organization
3. Prejudice based on race and colour
4. 4. Fundamentalism.
5. Lop-sided Economics: concentration of too much wealth in a few hands and billions seating under hunger and poverty.
6. Communist culture based on materialism.

The above analysis of violence shows that roots of vio­lence are both intrinsic as well as extrinsic. To bring about Non-Violence in society, we will have to think about internal and external causes and how those conditions can be over­come. Violence has become a part and parcel of the present social system, specially the organized violence. To eliminate the cult of violence from the social pattern and human life, an alternative system has to be developed.

Acharya Mahapragya, the great Han linger of Ahimsa Yatra has made a deep contemplation over the causes of vio­lence and for remedying those; he motivated the mission of training in Non-Violence. The programe comprises of four dimensions:

1. Non-Violence Principles and History.
2. Changing of the Heart/ Transformation of consciousness.
3. Non- violent life style.
4. Honesty and Ethics in Profession and Training in Self-employment Techniques.