Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

Ignoring the unity of all mankind in the Aathma (divine soul), man relishes in quarrels and factions. He classifies some among his contemporaries as his friends and some as his foes. He manufactures duality where basically there is only unity. It is his own likes and dislikes, prejudices and passions that is reflected back, that creates all this reaction of love and hatred, all this resounding echo of factiousness and friction. Friendship and enmity arise from your heart; they are labels fixed by you, not marks which other people are born with. The same person is the thickest friend of one man and the mortal enemy of another---both because of his one act or one word!

 

Of course, it is best that you do not develop too much attachment with others and get entangled either through the silken bonds of friendship or the iron chain of hatred. But, if you ask Me, it is more beneficial to cultivate enemies. Kabir has stated many times that it is good and very helpful to have an enemy that is ever eager to criticize you for your faults than a friend who will cast a blind eye on them. The enemy takes delight in abusing you and it is said in the Puraanas (mythological legends) that, as a consequence, he goes on diminishing and wiping off from your account the demerits you have to live out in misery. The faster and fouler his abuse, the sooner and better are your future prospects brightened. The enemy absorbs your sins and their effects.

 

Moreover, since you are always aware of the enemy and his tactics, you are alert not to give him any chance to point his finger of scorn at you. He is your censor, corrector and conscience. Be thankful to him who talks ill of you, for surely, he is doing you a very great service by examining your every act on the touchstone of morality, truth and righteousness.

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. XIII, Chapter 13.