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The Wisdom of Life

3 If someone misuses freedom beyond a
limit, we must react, else we would be

taken for granted. Reaction checks

the continued misuse of freedom —

what is your opinion on this?

he misunderstanding here is that reaction ‘checks’ the
Tmisuse of freedom, whereas in reality, reaction only
aggravates the situation and this leads to the development
of a chain reaction. In the tribal age, a vicious cycle of
revenge used to get created and a chain reaction used to
continue for hundreds of years leading to bloodshed and
in-fighting.

We should think of what options we have and should
unilaterally exercise patience. I once met a person who
paid me a visit from Basti, UP. He had obtained a license
and bought a lorry. The minister of his area saw that it
was very useful and parked the lorry in his own house
as the license was taken in his name. He later started
taking the revenues that the lorry used to earn. The man
objected to the minister and the minister ridiculed him
by saying that the lorry was his. This man came to me for
advice and I said to him:

Remember, every revenge shall be avenged!

So, the question is till when would keep on fighting,
knowing that one’s revenge will be met with another
revenge. Will one continue fighting till the dying day?
The above man followed my advice and consulted me

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