Few days back, a gentleman came over. He was in extreme guilt and that guilt was killing him. I asked him why? He shared that his brother’s wife had wronged him. She manipulated his brother and got them separated. She made his brother launder money in business too. Because of this they had to close down the running business finally. Because there were too many fights all the time. So in his heart deep down he desired what if she was not there in his brother’s life. He made lots of calculations for that. While giving birth to the baby, she died! Hell broke loose. His brother was devastated. The baby was half orphaned. His family was scattered. He could never imagined that. So he was blaming himself for the situation. That in his heart he desired and it happened. What would be the actual result of that he could never think of that. So he was blaming that on himself. (He and me and we all understand that life and death, they are not in our hands. But still inside we know who we are and we hold ourselves responsible for that)
This is an extreme case But yes, deep down sometimes we have that devil sitting who makes us think evil many times. We have to be aware of that. If we really want to be peaceful, if we really want to be happy, we need to have best interest of all in our hearts. Even for the people who have wronged us. We shall do the right things because of who we are not because who others are. Our thoughts make us realize who we are. So we shall always keep them positive. They are affecting us first before affecting someone else. Generally they affect us only. Others are affected by own thoughts. We have no right to take decisions on other’s behalf. If we really want to be good, we need to think best of others. So always, always desire best for everyone for yourself and for everyone else.
