Perceptions Steer Relationships - In Professional As Well As Personal Life .... Clarity; Focus On Merits, Principles And Objectives Of Common, Higher Interests Is Essential ....
The Quest ....
Whatever I see of you in you
Is but an image of myself,
Because even though my eyes look outwards,
I am continuously searching myself all round.
Short-comings of the other person
As seen by me –
They may be my beliefs
Or may be a proof of my short-sightedness.
How to know that
Someone is proud, jealous .... ?
It may be our doubt.
What is the need of judging others ?
Why bother about others’ short-comings ?
From all that I have seen of myself and others,
Judgments have more to do with the person who judges
Than with the person who is being judged.
Sometimes, the shortcomings or drawbacks
Which we think others have
Are the reflections of
Our own drawbacks in them.
So, whenever, one feels that
The other person lacks so and so,
Instead of worrying about that person,
One should check one’s own self first.
- Vanita Thakkar (04-06-1991 - from my old diary)
Superimposition of one's own fault on someone else to justify one's possessiveness to one's preferences, is an example of one of the "Klesha"s (afflictions) described in the Patanjal Yoga Sutra (classical text on Yoga by Sage Patanjali), which creates havoc in administrative systems as well as relationships ....
In administrative systems, focus on Merits and Principles is essential and in relationships, Love is the essence.
- Vanita Thakkar (21-08-2017)
Life begins as a quest of the child for the man, and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.
- Sam Ewing.
The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.
- Thomas C. Foster
From HubPages .... Published on 29th July, 2020.
