Criticizing others (people, groups of people, countries, the whole world) would be a wonderful activity, if not for one small but …
The main source of energy loss is speech. Many ascetics and saints went to secluded places to stop empty talk.
This applies not only to spirituality, but also to those who want to succeed in business or any other activity. The ability to speak beautifully, correctly and politely is very seriously studied in all the world's leading universities and business schools. Even in the criminal world, in order to rise in the gangster hierarchy, you need to be able to control the language. Everyone quotes with deep understanding the statements that a word can kill a person. In your own words, in just a few moments, you can ruin the life of yourself, your children and grandchildren, and especially successful ones can even grab the "baggage" for future incarnations.
A few minutes of anger can destroy a long-term friendship. You can engage in the service of God for decades and in ten minutes lose everything and be in a much worse condition than before the start of the service.
How can this happen? For example, because of insults to a saint. The problem is that only a saint can define a saint. Most people simply have nothing to do with it. There is no such body. Undeveloped.
And it looks very interesting on a subtle plane. If it's very simple:
The Bhagavad Gita says that austerity of speech consists in the ability to speak the truth in pleasant words. In the East, a person who cannot control his speech is considered very primitive, even if he is an "academic" in the West.
Just in case, it is good to remember that:
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“In the eyes of God, there is no purity or impurity. This is inherent only in your vision of the world. Whatever your thoughts are, so are you. You look at the world through colored glasses, mistakenly attributing these colors to the world. A defect in your vision makes you see vices and flaws that do not really exist in the universe.
The flaws that you attribute to reality are the distortion of reality by your imperfect thought processes and emotional experiences. Instead of blaming other people and the circumstances around you for your own shortcomings, you should pay attention to yourself and try to achieve inner harmony of thoughts and feelings through correct practice. (Summer Showers 1990).
All Teachers say that every second we either draw close to God, or move away from Him. Every situation is a lesson. And we need to be grateful for every situation sent to us. The source of everything wishes us only the best. Every moment is directed towards our learning. As soon as we have claims, our connection with the source is blocked. Each situation is given to us so that we work on ourselves. The less harmonious we are, the more tense we are, the more severe lessons will come to us next time.
Nothing increases tension or strengthens the ego more than feeling right. To be right means to “believe” in the truth of a point of view or opinion. Of course, in order for you to feel right, you need someone else to be wrong. "You can be right, or you can be happy" (Eastern wisdom). Any ego takes opinions and points of view for facts. And it is not able to distinguish the event itself from the reaction to it. Any ego is a master of separation, although everyone reads that the Supreme Truth is Oneness.
For completeness, the Japanese parable
In Japan, a wise old samurai lived in a village near the capital. Once, when he was teaching his students, a young fighter known for his rudeness and cruelty approached him. His favorite technique was provocation: he pissed off the enemy and, blinded by rage, he accepted his challenge, made mistake after mistake, and as a result lost the battle.
The young fighter began to insult the old man: he threw stones at him, spat and swore the last words. But the old man remained unperturbed and continued his studies. At the end of the day, the annoyed and tired young fighter went home. The disciples, surprised that the old man had endured so many insults, asked him:
- Why didn't you challenge him? Are you afraid of defeat?
The old samurai replied:
- If someone comes up to you with a gift and you don't accept it, who will the gift belong to?
“To his former master,” one of the students replied.
- The same goes for envy, hatred and swearing. Until you accept them, they belong to whoever brought them.