The Flawless Vision
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Ten Reduced to One
The world is ‘relative’. It is interactive socially. You cannot
utter a single word to anyone and if you practice absolute humility
then you must not even look at other person’s fault. It is not
worth finding faults with anyone in this world. You do not know
the consequences of doing this.
When you continually criticize and find fault in others you
are suffering a loss. It is like giving a ten-rupee note and getting a
rupee back for it. Why waste energy in doing something when
you get nothing in return? When you engage in criticisms you are
dissipating your own energies. If you know that what you are
crushing is sand and not sesame seeds, why would you waste
your time and energy to grind it? When you criticize others, you
are in fact washing their clothes, while you soil your own. When
will you clean up your mess?
Do not look at anyone’s negative qualities. If you must,
then look at your own. How does it affect your mind when you
look at people’s faults? And how does it affect your mind when
you look at people’s virtues? Do you not feel glad?
You Are the Cause of All Suffering
The other person is never at fault in any way. His belief is
that the world is the source of all happiness, and that is correct. If
you try to convince them otherwise, the fault is yours. People
have a tendency to find fault in others. No one is at fault. Whatever
unhappiness you experience, arises within you. People around
you, such as your family, strive to make you happy. Your wife
takes so much care when she cooks for you. You are not even
aware of the painstaking effort your family makes in order to put
food on your table. Each morsel of bread you eat is made from
flour, which they themselves grind from wheat. Prior to grinding