Dealing With Criticism That Comes From Ego
The way of the world is to find fault with others. The world is dominated by mind, which is motivated by ego. The nature of mind co entwines us in ego. We think we superior to all others. This egoist thinking leads us to criticise hers. Throughout the day it is hard escape criticism of others. Whether home, during one's commute, at rk, at social gatherings, during sure activity or while playing orts, or even shopping, someone is und to come along and criticise us. There may be a mild sarcastic moment, a put-down, someone mending that what we are doing is ong and there is a way to do seeming better or an outright verbal ht. Even if we try to stay alone for entire day, our thoughts are begged by memories of words spoken by others who criticise us. These thoughts may replay in our heads over and over again. And we react. We may accept what others may say and then feel bad about it. At times we become critical of our own self. Then, we take steps to change what we are doing even if we are right. These critical remarks may upset us and lower our self-esteem. Or, we may try to prove them wrong. We may fly into a rage and then think of ways to take revenge on them. The anger may escalate into verbal abuse or physical violence. If we do so, we are not only wasting our life's breaths, but we are creating more karma for which we have to pay. We will also face health problems. Worse, we may become angry and want to take it out on others. There is no good ending for retaliation and revenge. We just add fuel to fire. Instead, we want to put out the fire. One way to do this is to ignore the criticism of others. At first, we can politely listen and ask, "Is there any truth to what they are saying? If listen to their remarks can i improve? “If so, we can take a good hard look at ourselves and make necessary changes so we can become better. However, if we find that there is no truth in what is being said, we can graciously thank them and ignore their remarks. It is not worth getting upset over the comments of others when they have no validity. The key to ignore the invalid criticism of others is to forgive. If there is no truth in what people say, we should forgive them for being ignorant of the true situation, and move on with our live When life is so short and the journeback to God must be completed with our lifetime for us to have spiritual success, we do not want to waste Tim dealing with the criticism of others When we face criticism we can meditate to calm our minds from tractions we may otherwise face. Ifwe want to reunite our soul with Gown need to calm our mind to meditaMeditation puts our attention on tables and intoxication inside. We refocussed on the spiritual divinity within and not on the outer world. We are so intoxicated that we do not notice other people along the way.
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The views expressed in the Article above are Sant Rajinder Singh views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Sant Rajinder Singh and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Dealing With Criticism That Comes From Ego
The way of the world is to find fault with others. The world is dominated by mind, which is motivated by ego. The nature of mind co entwines us in ego. We think we superior to all others. This egoist thinking leads us to criticise hers. Throughout the day it is hard escape criticism of others. Whether home, during one's commute, at rk, at social gatherings, during sure activity or while playing orts, or even shopping, someone is und to come along and criticise us. There may be a mild sarcastic moment, a put-down, someone mending that what we are doing is ong and there is a way to do seeming better or an outright verbal ht. Even if we try to stay alone for entire day, our thoughts are begged by memories of words spoken by others who criticise us. These thoughts may replay in our heads over and over again. And we react. We may accept what others may say and then feel bad about it. At times we become critical of our own self. Then, we take steps to change what we are doing even if we are right. These critical remarks may upset us and lower our self-esteem. Or, we may try to prove them wrong. We may fly into a rage and then think of ways to take revenge on them. The anger may escalate into verbal abuse or physical violence. If we do so, we are not only wasting our life's breaths, but we are creating more karma for which we have to pay. We will also face health problems. Worse, we may become angry and want to take it out on others. There is no good ending for retaliation and revenge. We just add fuel to fire. Instead, we want to put out the fire. One way to do this is to ignore the criticism of others. At first, we can politely listen and ask, "Is there any truth to what they are saying? If listen to their remarks can i improve? “If so, we can take a good hard look at ourselves and make necessary changes so we can become better. However, if we find that there is no truth in what is being said, we can graciously thank them and ignore their remarks. It is not worth getting upset over the comments of others when they have no validity. The key to ignore the invalid criticism of others is to forgive. If there is no truth in what people say, we should forgive them for being ignorant of the true situation, and move on with our live When life is so short and the journeback to God must be completed with our lifetime for us to have spiritual success, we do not want to waste Tim dealing with the criticism of others When we face criticism we can meditate to calm our minds from tractions we may otherwise face. Ifwe want to reunite our soul with Gown need to calm our mind to meditaMeditation puts our attention on tables and intoxication inside. We refocussed on the spiritual divinity within and not on the outer world. We are so intoxicated that we do not notice other people along the way.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Sant Rajinder Singh views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Sant Rajinder Singh and Speaking Tree,Times of India