The Flawless Vision
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are your only superiors.
So if you are not at fault, no one in this world will bother
you. Do people or policemen in the street bother you? Does
anyone harass you? If not, then you had not committed any
faults.
Inviting a Slap with Compensation
Consider yourself very fortunate if someone insults you or
speaks ill of you. A few years ago I used to announce that anyone
in need of money could come and give me a slap and I in return
would pay him five hundred rupees. Everyone refused and said
they could not do it. Where can you find someone willing to slap
or insult you even if you were willing to pay them for it? So
people who are insulted frequently in their homes without having
to pay for them, should consider themselves fortunate. As for
myself, although I was willing to pay five hundred rupees, I was
not as fortunate.
Before attaining spontaneous Self-realization, I used to insult
and belittle myself because no one else would do it for me! Even
though I was willing to pay to be insulted, no one would oblige me
and that is why I had to do it myself. I used to tell myself, ‘you
have no sense whatsoever! You are stupid! You are an imbecile!’
I would ask myself: ‘what kind of a person are you? Is the path
to liberation so difficult to warrant such behaviour from you?’ I
would insult myself in this way. What else could I do when no one
would oblige me? You on the other hand don’t even have to search
for insults or pay for them, because you receive them anyway.
Hence, shouldn’t you take advantage of this situation?
Even the Bandit Can Not Hurt A Morally Upright Person
The power of morality is so great that no one in this world