I'm sure many fellow seekers will relate to having deep spiritual experiences, realizing truths here and there, and of course wanting loved ones to do and feel the same, because it made us feel good, we want them to feel good. Well, what works for you may not work for the other person. Plus, we are still trying to discover what to change within ourselves, how will we know how another person needs to change?
Everyday I realize I know nothing. I really don't. As Acharya Shree Yogeesh says, "What you don't know, you know. What you think you know, you don't."
So true.
Knowing yourself...Knowing Truth
I cannot know the truth about anyone, until I know my true self. Many people say they know their husbands, wives, children, friends, co-workers, etc., but do they? Do they know how much karma they have? Their hidden habits? Do they know they were possibly murderers in a previous life, and are still able to love them unconditionally? I know the last question was extreme, but the point it, what we see in others is only their "external self." What most of know about ourselves, is our external self, too. For example, my name is ---- , and I like this and that. So when we think we know others, we think, they like this and that, and this is what makes them angry. The truth is though, we cannot know anyone, unless we know ourselves first.
The more you learn about yourself and what you are NOT, the more you learn about others and what they are NOT.
Meaning, I know that I am a good person and have a few bad habits because of my own ignorance. So, based on this understanding and realization, we can apply it to others. They are angry right now, but it is not their fault. I know they are a good person, just trapped in ignorance.
The person who does not have such understanding or even knows a little bit about themselves, will only see a "bad and outrageously angry" person. Truth is, that soul is just trapped, just like how you are trapped by your habits, too.
Can we change that person's anger? No. But we can influence them by being positive and calm. You have to change yourself to be calm, and the other may get affected. This is the ripple-affect.
Know yourself. Change yourself. It's the hardest thing to do, but once realized, you see the world in a completely different way, and you understand it. There would be no need for fear, anger, greed, jealousy, and other lower qualities. Once, you know yourself, all lower qualities disappear, and you see the truth for what it really is, and it is beautiful.
