contd....
Me, my Guru – On right and wrong! Oh the do’s and don’ts!
“So the onus of
responsibility of convincing us rests on you, isn’t it’ he asked.
“Smoking is injurious to health and it is told from so many quarters and
yet people choose to – why? Do you mean to say they weren’t convinced by others
in their life? Inspite of all the data, cajoling by near and dear a person can
choose to ignore it and make wrong choices in life. No body can convince or
force you. You have to be convinced of it on your own. And that comes more and
more when we are healed of our egos, fears and such related emotions. Then in
its place we give space to openness, faith and acceptance which will increase
our ability to make right choices and better our perception and clarity of
thought”.
We walked through the memory lanes to check with these statements and
yes we had many instances to back it. As years passed and our fears dropped,
our clarity of thought had bettered and our perception has broadened. So now if
we found it difficult to accept few of her solutions it meant our fears in that
area was still unattended or there was lots of work that needed to be done!
Now, we could see her replies differently. We wouldn’t label it as
‘right’ or ‘wrong’. We wouldn’t judge them. We would go through them and if we
found something against our acceptance, belief or conviction then that was a
‘red flag’ that would alert us to look within and correct if there were any
ego, fear or such issues.
And it was heartening to hear her say later that day ‘you need not
accept everything I say or write blindly or completely. But know why you
disagree and that is good enough and yes, remember what I say, maybe you’ll
need it in later times’.
This ‘later times’ one I could accept completely as I had that
experience like a million times......
But with regards to other view points, I still wanted to hold my ground –
for now...!
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