A worthy meditation for groups trying to live in consciousness...

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The Siri Singh Sahib (Yogi Bhajan) comments on tolerance:

 

Question: When is a line drawn for conduct that is contradictory to a

yogic lifestyle when one lives in a yogic community? Ten years ago I

started to use alcohol and cigarettes. If people knew at the time I

might have been asked to leave, although it only lasted a few months.

Had I been asked to leave, it would have destroyed me.

 

Answer: Every line drawn is like a line drawn on water. One who draws

it has a judgmental satisfaction, but in reality, there is no line

drawn. Rather it is like the sun that shines equally on everybody,

bringing warmth and light. People do stumble. That is the test of the

others' patience and compassion. Sometimes people do go wrong. There is

no judgment for it. Wrong will take a short or long time to make the

individual aware that wrong is wrong, and that is the beginning of

awakening. Punishment is not the human way of life. Faults and

shortcomings are caused by ignorance. Compassion and patience pay.

Let's pray all will be great tomorrow.

 

--Aquarian Times, Fall '02 p. 66