When one gets a harvest, it is not the fruit exclusively of one’s labour. There
are other natural factors involved in the harvest, without which no harvest is
possible. So, nature also has a share in every harvest. And this share should be
returned to those people who for some reason have suffered deprivation.
Whenever there are provocations, big or small, you have only two options: either to succumb to anger and hatred and fail to do anything positive in the situation, or to remain patient. By being patient, you save time and energy.
Spiritual behaviour is friendly behaviour towards every human being -- to both friends and foes alike. Spiritual behaviour is like the behaviour of flowers that can live with all their fragrance in the neighbourhood of thorns.
Double standards are a perpetual obstacle to personality development. Such people are devoid of sincerity. They say one thing but do something else. It is their petty interests which control their behaviour. They are not controlled by firm principles but by immediate gain. Their behaviour is interest-based rather than principle-based.
