00:01:46
Look At The Results
Duration : 00:01:46
Every single human being has to take responsibility for watering the good in the...
So, of all the things that we do in this world, we put emphasis on what we do, but we don’t put the emphasis on the result of the things that we do. We keep repeating things that bear us no result. We keep doing things that do not make the fruit. But now, it has just become a ritual.
So we look at our problems, and we say, “Oh, we have this problem. We should resolve this problem.” We don’t look at how this problem came to be—because we’re doing the same things again and again and again. Einstein said, “Craziness…lunacy is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.”
If you want to improve the quality of all the human beings on the face of this earth, then you have to understand that you’re a human being—and how can you improve yourself? Do you know who you are? And I’m not talking about spirituality here. I’m not talking about philosophy here. I’m talking about something very, very simple.
That, in you there is good, and in you there is bad. This is what I’m talking about. And if you perpetuate the bad, the bad will get strong; if you perpetuate the good, the good will get strong. That’s all.
Every single human being…every single human being has to take responsibility for watering the good in them. And this is so incredibly important.
– Prem Rawat
00:03:40
Generous Relationships
Duration : 00:03:40
When, to your friend, you give friendship, that is generosity
Do you all know what generosity is? People get up in the morning; they have a family—they love, they love the family. Are they generous with them? Do you tell your family, “I love you”? Even smile for them?
“Where’s my breakfast!?” Wife: “You’re late!” Kids: “Daddy, we need some money.” “I don’t have any. Go to school!” “All right, I’ll see you later—bye!”
“Bring back some bananas when you’re coming home.”
And then you walk away from your house—and you meet the man who opens the doors: “Good morning.” And you say, “Good morning!”—like you know him. Like he even cares! He has been told, as part of his job, “Open the door in the morning and say ‘good morning’ to everybody that’s coming through here. Be nice.”
He’s being nice because he’s being paid. The question is, why are you being nice? You’re not being paid. You should have been nice at home—and you weren’t! But now you’re meeting a total stranger who you will probably never meet again, and you are completely ready to just…. Just shy of saying, “My long-lost love.” Why?
Is this generosity? No, that’s good manners! Good manners have nothing to do with generosity. “Manners” is one thing; generosity is another! Generosity—to the one you love, you give love! You give love! You understand that love. You feel! That’s generosity.
Because nobody is more hungry for your attention than your children! And when you give that, that’s generosity—not “the duty of a father or mother.” When, to your friend, you give friendship, that is generosity. Because that’s what a friend should give—of friendship!
When, as a human being, you treat another as a human being, that is generosity.
– Prem Rawat
