Share the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 23 & 24.

February 7, 2008

Dear friends and devotees,

Bhakti is eternal.

Share the wisdom of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi shankarji.

23. ENEMIES

In the company of your friend, you lose your centeredness. Your enemy puts you

back in yourself. Your friend sympathizes with you and makes you believe in

matter. Your enemy makes you feel helpless and takes you to the spirit. So your

enemy is your friend and your friend is your enemy!

Krishna said to Arjuna, “One who is unfriendly everywhere & #8722; including to

himself & #8722; his consciousness is stable and his awareness is established.”

24. SKEPTICISM

Ignorance is being a skeptic and not knowing that you are one. If you think

you are a skeptic, you can no longer be one because you have a clue of something

beyond. So, in reality, you can never know if you are a skeptic or not! A

skeptic is struck in a paradigm, closing all other possibilities. But this

creation is all possibilities. As one understands the paradigm shift,

skepticism is removed.

A real scientist can never afford to be a skeptic because that closes down

possibilities and does not allow him to probe into unknown areas of existence.

Skepticism is an “I know it all” attitude, and such an attitude is unscientific.

Perception and inference are two means of knowing and skepticism is dispelled by

knowledge.

In every human being deep inside, there is faith and love. What you perceive

as skepticism in someone is only a thin layer. If you hold in your mind that

they are skeptics, you empower their skepticism. Do not acknowledge someone’s

skepticism by arguing with them because arguments will only strengthen it. Fear

of interference in one’s freedom brings more resistance and causes skepticism.

There is nothing better than your silence and smile from your heart to dispel

skepticism. Silence means the quality of consciousness, not just keeping your

lips tight.

Skepticism does not arise in children. It comes only in people who walk

within boundaries. Children live in their fantasy world, a world of many

possibilities, a world of innocence, joy, beauty and so much love.

Condtd. . . 25.

With love and regards,

Sastry.

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