THE THRILL OF🔗

You can see, when you tell
children not to do
something, they will be
most tempted to do it. As
long as you don't mention
anything about doing it or
not doing it, they may not
even be bothered about it.
But the moment you tell
them not to do something,
they will be looking to do it.

A Small Story:
One man says, ‘I found three
ways to get things done.’ His
friend asks, ‘What are the three
ways?’ The man replies, ‘First,
do it yourself. Second, hire
someone to do it. Third, tell
your kids not to do it. That’s all,
it will be done!’

Actually there is a taste, a thrill
in doing what you are not
supposed to do. Most of the
time, you develop an instant
urge for something if you are
asked not to do it. You feel a
kind of joy or satisfaction by
doing it. That is the basic
tendency in every human being.

People come and ask me, 'How
do I make my son do what I
advice him to? I know it is good
for him but he won't listen to
me.' You have to understand two
things. First thing, if they feel that
something is giving them
happiness, just let them be. Only
life can teach them, you cannot
teach them. You cannot teach
anybody, only life can teach. You
can put a few words into them so
that it echoes when life teaches
them the same thing, that's all.

Second thing, unless
they need help, your
help cannot help them.
When they need your
help they will come. See,
your idea of happiness
and unhappiness has
come out of your
experience. Just think,
did you listen to your
father when you were
young? No. You did not.
Taking Responsibility for
your choices-The only
way to raise
consciousness of self and
others. When something
is told to you, if you
take full responsibility of
deciding whether it is
right or wrong, you can
avoid all guilt feelings

If you don't take
responsibility for your
decision, you will feel
discontented whether you
do the action or not. If you
do as you are told, you will
feel that you are being
dominated, that you are not
being assertive, that you are
being exploited. If you
don't do as you are told,
you start feeling guilty that
maybe it was the right thing
to do.

There is no need for this
unnecessary dilemma. Just be
simple. Respond intelligently.
Take responsibility for doing
whatever you are going to do.
Then there is no question of
guilt. If you are not going to do
it, explain clearly to the person
why you are not going to do it.
When you explain, the other
person may agree with you and
may even be thankful to you
for it

Or he may have stronger and
better reasons than you to justify
what he is saying, then you will
be thankful to him for raising
your intelligence. In this way, you
could use every opportunity,
every moment in life to raise your
intelligence, to raise you
consciousness.

Instilling I'm each child
that taking responsibility
for your choices is The
only way to raise
consciousness of self and
others.