Why avoid hatred

Monday, 21 May 2018

Why avoid hatred

ET By Sumit Paul

Whenever I think of Booker T Washington’s great quote, ‘Hatred is more implacable than dislike’, it causes me to cogitate very deeply. Hatred certainly is much more lasting than dislike.

The latter can anytime morph into ‘like’, but the former, being ossified, doesn’t often diminish easily. Because, ontologically, the very word ‘(dis)like’ has ‘like’ in its womb. So, the chances of its metamorphosis is much stronger than ‘hatred’.

Semantically, the word ‘Hatred’ has a questionable Hebrew (or Yiddish?) root, ‘Haete’ — that never goes; to remain rooted. So, the very word ‘hatred’ has a strong, negative implication.

‘Hatred’ is non-acceptance of a person as he is. It’s the outright denial of another’s individuality, regardless of being good or bad, as one should never be judgemental about others. When we hate someone, we hate his very existence. ‘Hatred’ can turn into love when all prejudices and presuppositions are removed forever and the other person is accepted with his foibles and flaws.

Centuries ago, the legendary Hakim Luqman concluded that ‘Hatred caused many diseases’. Now, modern medical science has also endorsed Hakim Luqman’s sagacious medical viewpoint.

Anagging sense of hatred keeps gnawing at our own existence and manifests itself as an incurable health condition.

Furthermore, to harbour hatred is to live with bitterness till the end. It’s also an act of demeaning and degrading oneself. So, don’t let ‘dislike’ get fossilised into ‘hatred’.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

Qoute from the True Charm and Power of Vednata

Divine service

ET By M S Kurhade

All work undertaken as God’s work serves its ultimate, highest purpose. Any person who earnestly labours with sincerity, love and selflessness — no matter how big or small the nature of work — has fulfilled his service to the Divine. True service is only possible if it finds its roots in love and ahimsa.

Love is boundless like the ocean, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, enveloping the whole world. Ahimsa considers everyone and everything in a wellbalanced approach, with compassion for all creation. A truly service-oriented approach to work will, therefore, use wings of love to spread itself wide and ahimsa to unite all together.

Service also finds itself in relentlessly working for one’s assigned mission. On the other hand, sometimes, the zeal to work ceaselessly can enslave us. We must apply ourselves to work in such a manner that work does not enslave us, but rather, emancipates us. Yajna, or true service, is only possible when an individual labours with love, sincerity, selflessness and compassion for all.

Those with a strong work ethic have inculcated these principles that guide them in their everyday work behaviour. They have also proven to be consistently high-performing leaders with even higher work satisfaction and work-life balance that further reinforces their will for this divine work. Sacrifice here implies the hardships one undergoes to earn one’s living —the divine law, that man must earn his bread earnestly and selflessly and prayerfully by labouring with his own hands.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

But, if He exists?

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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