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A Lesson from a Shock Absorber

In our society, there is no one who does not have to
suffer negative experiences of one kind or another. These
negative experiences generally give rise to complaints.
And when the mind becomes exclusively taken up with
complaining, there can be no spirituality. Spirituality
and complaints cannot go together. Considering that
there is no escape from such negative experiences, what
should one do? The answer is that if you want to live as
a spiritual person, you have to install a ‘shock absorber’
in your mental makeup. With this ‘shock absorber’
taking every shock upon itself, your spirituality will
remain intact.
You are bound to live in society and much as you may
want to change society, you have no power to do so.
That is because social laws work independently of us.
Then, what to do? You shall simply have to condition
yourself to think positively, even in negative situations

Constant complaining is the greatest enemy of
spirituality. But the complaint culture is a part of social
living. Indeed, society is awash with complaints. It
is a veritable ocean of complaints. And just as a fish
cannot live out of water, its natural environment, man
cannot live outside of the society to which he belongs.
Therefore, rather than trying to change society, change
yourself . Make negative experiences grist to the mill of
your own personality development. Nurture yourself on
what they teach you.
The best way to cope with the problem of complaints
is to take it as a challenge. When you take a problem
as a challenge, you do your best to meet it. You try to

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