Share the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 33.

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Dear Friends and Devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Share the wisdom of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji.

 

33. APPRECIATION

 

When do you appreciate someone? Don’t you appreciate them when they do

something that is unusual, not ordinary, something that is not their nature?

 

When a wicked person fails to cause problems, you appreciate them. Or when

someone you think is not good performs good deed, you appreciate them. When a

good person does something extraordinary, you appreciate them. If a child makes

you a cup of tea, you appreciate it, but if a mother made the same cup of tea,

you are less likely to appreciate it because it is a normal act for her. In the

same way, you appreciate getting a ride from someone you do not know, but you

may not appreciate it from a bus driver.

 

In all these cases, the acts you praise are temporary, out of character, or

not in the nature of that person. So when you appreciate someone for something,

you imply that it is not the way they usually are.

 

Question: “What if a person wants to be appreciated?”

 

That means that the act is not in their nature, and that is why they want to

be appreciated. If it is not coming from their nature, it is an imposed act.

 

So when you appreciate someone you imply that it is not their nature, that it

is not the way they usually are. It is a rare act or quality. Appreciation

implies a sense of separateness or distance, so watch out when you appreciate

someone!

 

Contd . . . 34.

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry.

 

 

 

 

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