Shalini, What you ask is an important question.
As you ask whether it is OK to use profanities and verbal abuses in everyday life, this is how I take. Definitely using verbal abuses and swearing when I am angry is not loving to me or the person with whom I am interacting. As I am not loving to that person at that moment, that person will definitely get offended.
But then how can I stop using verbal abuses and profane words? The first thing I have to do is be more gentle and understanding to myself and see why I am upset and how I can take care of myself. I also find if I use profane words, it is because I am too harsh on myself. I have to check how I can change this habit to be more gentle and loving to myself.
When someone constantly speaks to me in abusive language, I can definitely tell that person I won't engage with him/her as long as he/she behaves that way. But I will definitely have sympathy for that person as he/she behaves that way because he/she doesn't know how to take care of himself/herself..
Edited by maha2us - 12 years ago