YOU ARE UNIQUE
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If we practice these qualities just because Kṛṣṇa say that we should, the qualities will never really develop in us. They will remain skin deep. When true non-violence happens, our very being will radiate love, no matter what. Even if an enemy were to stand in front of us, no other emotion but love would remain in us, and that is what Kṛṣṇa really wants.
Divine love does not consider whether a person is a friend or enemy. If we are centered in our being, qualities of love and non-violence happen. All the things that Kṛṣṇa has mentioned in these five verses are an outcome of the flowering of that consciousness, and not things to be practiced. If we practice them to please somebody else, we would become slaves to the people around us.
Normally we believe others’
opinions about us. We accept
their scale as a standard for
measuring ourselves. Then we
get into trouble. This is what I
call ‘guilt’. Guilt is reviewing
our past decisions with
updated intelligence. If we use
our present intelligence to
review our past decisions, we
create guilt and suffering.
Understand, we are updated
every second. We are not the
same as what we were a few
hours ago. Our intelligence is
continuously updated. So
naturally when we look back
and analyze what happened in
the past we feel certain things
could have been avoided
The problem is that we think we run the show. We take everything upon our shoulders and allow emotions like guilt and worry to come in. If we remember that the Universe is pure Intelligence that knows how to take care of our lives, we will simply relax. Also, when we allow the cosmic intelligence to operate, we spontaneously express the beautiful qualities that Kṛṣṇa enumerates. The same cannot be achieved by doing anything.
Kṛṣṇa first talks about humility or amānitvaṃ. Humility can never be achieved by effort. If it is attempted through effort, it looks ugly. Humility happens when we feel that every being is unique. It does not come by thinking that everyone is equal. There are no equals! If we deeply understand that every being is unique, we automatically respect everyone. Every being has something that he contributes to Existence, to life.
