Understanding People

 

Only the highly evolved souls are able to truly understand & comprehend the intricacies of Hindu Philosophy, the law of karma, re-incarnation, the power of giving, oneness and its stages, the realms of consciousness – chakras, the advantage of living in the present, the art of living in the present, the need for visiting temples, loving the God and Gods, the need to not take the conscious mind seriously, the power to accept people as they are, the need for meditation and spiritual life, the need and power of living 2/3rds within, I can go on & on.

I just realized this recently when i was having a discussion with a Pure Anava Margi who is ruled by his intellect. He has already formed a strong opinion about life that he is not open to even understand / listen other viewpoints / ideas that Hinduism has to offer. This is what happens when the intellect is not soft on people. They become hard and tightly hold on to their concepts.

The softening of the heart & intellect is the toughest thing to achieve in Spiritual Progress. Only after that happens bhakti or devotion arrives in a persons life / heart.

Then there is another class of people whom I observed who are not properly trained in Hinduism and its background. And who wonder if even simple laws like the law of karma (which is nothing but Newton's 3rd law of motion) are true or not.

It is better not to explain anything related to spiritual life with people like this because they don't understand or evolution hasn't brought them up to a stage where the soul is mature enough to understand the intricate workings of nature. They are called young souls. Their life revolves around Merriment, Enjoyment, Show-Off, Happiness & Sorrow. While talking or relating to them – one must only think from their perspective and respond to keep things at peace. In other words I should be more understanding & perceive more.

It is said that many Gurus wait and wait for many many years in order to find a disciple who has evolved spiritually enough to qualify being a disciple. Until then Life is a guru for the disciple. Once he becomes really good in conquering and learning from life’s tests – a guru appears in his life to make the tests more tougher and hasten the evolution of the disciple.