Share the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 25 & 26.

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Dear friends and devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

 

25. JEALOUSY

 

There may be many ways to conquer jealousy or envy that may arise in you:

 

· Know that the person of whom you are jealous or envious has done some

good deeds in the past and is now reaping the fruit.

· See jealousy or envy as an inspiration to gain merit for yourself.

· Create a sense of belongingness with those of whom you are envious.

See them as a part of you.

· Think of all you have that they do not have and feel grateful.

· Simply observe the sensations.

· Join hands and form a team with them.

· Realize that in the current of moving time all will perish & #8722;

your envy along with what you envy.

 

And how do you handle jealousy in others?

 

· Think of everyone who is jealous of you for what you have and see

that what they envy has not brought you joy.

· Praise them with superlatives.

· Create a sense of belongingness in them for your kind actions.

· Know that their feelings are temporary.

· It is best not to recognize their envy or jealousy at all. If yu

recognize a feeling as a reality; it only makes your ignorance grow.

· Know that all your feelings and emotions are passing clouds.

· Do not flaunt your talents to them.

· Know that they are puppets. They will all perish like apples and

tomatoes & #8722; just with a longer shelf life.

· If nothing else works, just go to sleep.

 

26. HUMILIATION

 

Know that humiliation does not weaken you & #8722; it strengthens you. When you

have a sense of belongingness, you cannot feel humiliated. The more egotistic

you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have greater

sense of kinship, you do not feel humiliated. Similarly when you are committed

to truth and not to your ego, you do not feel humiliated.

 

If you are afraid of humiliation, you can make progress in neither your

material life nor in your spiritual life. When you stand above humiliation, you

get closer to the self & #8722; to God. When you are steeped in love, with

existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.

 

So the way out of humiliation is to get humiliated, be childlike, be crazy,

get steeped in love with the Divine, and be totally committed to truth, to

knowledge.

 

Contd. . . 27.

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry

 

 

 

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