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Leading A Spiritual Life

kind of behaviour is bound to provoke Mr. B, who will
try to teach Mr. A a lesson. It is this situation which
one psychologist has analyzed thus: “When one’s ego
is touched, it turns into super ego and the result is
breakdown.”
In this case Mr. A gave a challenge to Mr. B and Mr.
B turned into Mr. Ego or Mr. Arrogant. This kind of
behaviour will certainly go against Mr. A. Mr. A will fail
to gain the upper hand over Mr. B.

Then let us take the opposite case. Suppose there is a
controversy between Mr. A and Mr. B., in the course of
which Mr. A avoids provoking Mr. B, having followed
the principle of modesty – a unilateral compromise.
This kind of behaviour on the part of Mr. A is bound
to touch the conscience of Mr. B. It will cause him to
engage in introspection, and he will reconsider the
whole matter. He will ultimately repent having behaved
in such a way as was likely to cause friction. Where
previously he had considered Mr. A as Mr. Rival, he
will now discover Mr. A to be his friend.
This kind of behaviour by Mr. A will change the
whole scenario: a different situation is bound to emerge.
It will prove that: when one’s conscience is touched, it
turns into super conscience and the result is complete
surrender. This second formula is within the reach of
every human being, and can be used quite successfully
by him, however unintelligent or ordinary he may be.
When you use the formula of conscience you are turning
your rival against himself and it is a fact that one can
fight against others but no one has the power to fight

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