Daily Meditation: Thursday, April 22, 2010

Psychology - a science that requires knowing how to forget oneself

04/22/2010

Human beings are not always so very closed to others; they would really like to understand them and help them - so why do they find it so difficult? Because, in spite of this, they remain too self-absorbed. It is as if they were blinded by the veil of their lower nature, which is selfish and self-centred and prevents them from perceiving what is happening in the heads and hearts of those around them. Even their love doesn't allow them to see through this veil. And sometimes they are quite taken aback when they suddenly discover their wife, husband, children or friends behaving differently - they hadn't seen or felt anything coming! Only those who have brought their lower nature under control and are able to disregard its points of view or its preferences are capable of really understanding others.