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Leading A Spiritual Life

deal effectively with it, rather than try to eliminate it
altogether from society.
This course of action is quite possible. For example,
if a bird is sitting on the wall of your house and you
throw stones at it, it will fly away from your house, sit
on a nearby tree and continue its chirping. The bird
always lives in a non-complaint culture. If this culture is
possible for a bird, then why not for man?

Unpleasant experiences are not an evil. They cause
you to think realistically. They enhance your ability to
make correct judgements, increase your creativity and
make you sympathetic towards those who have adopted
a way of proceeding that is unfavourable from your point
of view. This is the positive outcome of an unpleasant
situation.
It all depends on how you look at things. Problems
arise when you look at things from the wrong angle.
Adjust your viewpoint and very soon you will find that
everything will turn out to be in your favour.

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