- Under-Stand
It is interesting to see how different people draw different conclusions from a single act of mine. This is
centripetal phenomenon. Truth is centrifugal where many radii lead to one center and is the recognition that many
view-points are of one center.
The latter leads to understanding, the former to conflict.
I do not like to say misunderstanding, because I have come to realise that except in God, where we find Unity, we cannot understand one another. As I have always maintained, understanding to me has only meant Appreciation which is Under-Standing.
- Deal
The ideal is like a roof. Without it, it is not house. But you do not sit on the roof either.
Be practical under the ideal.
- God is Within
Believe all, trust only God. God is within. Listen to all and then, in prayer , listen to Him. Of course, it is possible for His voice to get mixed up with the voice of your own ego. Hence, it is not always infallible. But even then, there is this great advantage, viz., you will never blame anybody for whatever happens - this will purify your mind making His voice clearer.
- Haves and Have-nots
An unsympathiser of India gave me a catalogue of the sins of the Orientals for which they are suffering at the present.
So long as there is great disparity between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots', revolution is unavoidable. It is brought about by two forces:
(1) Fear of the haves losing what they have and
(2) the frustration of the have-nots for not having what they have not.
Comfortable philosophising by the haves of the sins of the have-nots only increases the latter's frustration and hastens revolution.
- The Heart
What comes from your head is fit only fur the barber to shave or cut. Real Wisdom and Will spring from the heart and ultimately even the brain is nourished and sustained by what the heart gives to it.