The more we see ugliness in others, the more we need to be motivated to make ourselves better people who are filled with compassion and love. This is the way that we can fight it off by recognizing it. Seeing ugliness can be contagious and so dangerous to our well being.
We need to turn harsh words into sweet ones. When our character seems attacked we must work on understanding the attackers and send them kindness, not because we are weak but because we are stronger than their words. They usually come at us out of fear. Often times people use anger and ugliness to protect themselves from their fears. It is so much easier to feel anger than to feel fear.
We are living in a world that can turn ugly at any moment. Why would we want to join the ugliness? We need to be aware of ugliness so we can protect ourselves and those we care about with loving kindness. Be on the look out for those that only see ugliness in others for they possess evil.
They can seduce us into evil when we have our guard down. etting ugly thoughts turn into stories in our head is the work we must do in order to have peace of mind!