Forest Hill, Toronto
Encourage
I embrace that quote by Plato, “Never discourage anyone who
continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Plato, Socrates and the host of Greek philosophers reflect
so much on what echoes Vedic wisdom. In
fact they had respect for the ways and thoughts of the culture east of them.
Here’s a verse from the Bhagavad-gita that resonates the
similar tone of Plato. Krishna states in
verse 3.26 to do with karma yoga: na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām
joṣayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran “So as not to disrupt the minds of
the ignorant attached to the fruit of results of prescribed duties, a learned
person should not induce them to stop work.
Rather, by working in the spirit of devotion, he should engage them in
all sorts of activities.”
The significant phrase here is to keep the spirit and to
keep busy.
I was walking with Aishvarya from Trinidad near the castle
called Casa Loma and there was a request for me to send a message to a younger
practitioner of bhakti-yoga in Trinidad so he recorded some
words I shared. The essence of the
message was, “Love, co-operate, work as a team.” And “you are not allowed to be critical of
each other. Critique yourself first.”
I have found it interesting that the more active you are the
more content you are. The more you have
time to sit without purpose the more you condemn others as if you had no
faults.
May the Source be with you!
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