Sunday 17 December 2017

Purity

Envy makes people do one of the two things: either putting down the object of envy directly, or deliberately putting up other people in their presence, especially when in a group.
Forget methods for a minute! It is just so sad that there is that need to feel envious.
I remember the simple question we were asked in school. How do you shorten a line without touching it? And the answer was, by drawing a bigger line next to it. Very positive!
But in this case, it is hardly positive. The method is the same but intentions so different. It is really the intention that determines all action and outcome. And the origin of any intention is either positive or negative.
Simple! If we kill to save or protect a life, that is positive. But if we are overly generous but inwardly not well wishers, whatever we do lacks purity, because the intention lacks purity.
Purity is simple. And positive intention is simple, too. There are no layers of deviousness there, nor required either.
Surekha Kothari

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