You get off a train and immediately you shout out
to the porters, “Hey … come here, come here!” Two to
four porters come running. “Come on, pick it up.” After
he carries your luggage all the way out, you bicker with
him, “I am going to call the [station] master, how can you
ask for so much money? You are doing this, you are doing
that…” You fool, do not get into a clash here. If he is asking
for twenty-five rupees, then you should persuade him,
“Actually, it should only be ten rupees, but go ahead and
take twenty.” Once you realize that he is not going to let
you off easily, then settle the matter by giving him more
or less. Do not get into a clash there. There is no telling
what he may do to you if you upset him further. He might
have left his home in a bad mood and if you aggravate
him further, he may even pull a knife on you. He can be
stubborn like a bull and hurt you. At thirty-three percent,
he is born as a human while at thirty-two percent, he would
have been a buffalo!
If someone comes to shout at you, if words come flying at you like bombs, then you should know that a clash is to be avoided. There may be no effect on your mind whatsoever, yet if some effect arises all of a sudden, then you should know that the effect of the other person’s mind has fallen on you. Therefore, you should move aside. All of those are clashes. As you continue to understand this, you will be able to avoid more and more clashes. By avoiding clashes, liberation is attained.
This world is indeed [in the form of] clash; it is in the form of vibrations. Therefore, avoid clashes. This world has arisen due to clash. To this, the Lord has said that it has arisen due to enmity. Every human being, nay, every living being harbors enmity. When it goes too far, they will not refrain from harboring enmity. Then whether it is a snake, a scorpion, a bullock, or a buffalo, whatever it is, it will harbor enmity. This is because the Self (Atma) exists in everyone. The energy of the Self is the same in everyone. However, it is due to the weakness of the non-Self complex (pudgal) that one has to tolerate things. But while tolerating it, one will not refrain from harboring enmity and moreover, one will seek vengeance in the next life!
If someone talks too much, then no matter what he says it should not give rise to a clash within you; that is your moral duty. Yes, the speech may be of any kind. Does speech have some kind of a condition that it will indeed lead to clashes? These people are such that they would clash until the morning. And to say something that creates interference for the other person is the biggest offense of all. On the contrary, to push it aside when someone has spoken in such a way; that is a mark of a true human being.
If someone comes to shout at you, if words come flying at you like bombs, then you should know that a clash is to be avoided. There may be no effect on your mind whatsoever, yet if some effect arises all of a sudden, then you should know that the effect of the other person’s mind has fallen on you. Therefore, you should move aside. All of those are clashes. As you continue to understand this, you will be able to avoid more and more clashes. By avoiding clashes, liberation is attained.
This world is indeed [in the form of] clash; it is in the form of vibrations. Therefore, avoid clashes. This world has arisen due to clash. To this, the Lord has said that it has arisen due to enmity. Every human being, nay, every living being harbors enmity. When it goes too far, they will not refrain from harboring enmity. Then whether it is a snake, a scorpion, a bullock, or a buffalo, whatever it is, it will harbor enmity. This is because the Self (Atma) exists in everyone. The energy of the Self is the same in everyone. However, it is due to the weakness of the non-Self complex (pudgal) that one has to tolerate things. But while tolerating it, one will not refrain from harboring enmity and moreover, one will seek vengeance in the next life!
If someone talks too much, then no matter what he says it should not give rise to a clash within you; that is your moral duty. Yes, the speech may be of any kind. Does speech have some kind of a condition that it will indeed lead to clashes? These people are such that they would clash until the morning. And to say something that creates interference for the other person is the biggest offense of all. On the contrary, to push it aside when someone has spoken in such a way; that is a mark of a true human being.
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