智慧是專注在對的點上

“在我開始生活的藝術之前，我遇見了一個108歲的老人，他是一個潘迪吉(清修人)，寫了大約有700本書，他同時是一個偉大的占星家，當時我是21歲左右，他告訴了我一件事。他說：「【任何一個組織，你都需要12個人，4個好的，4個平庸的，4個看來無可救藥的人，組成一個好的組織，這4個看來沒希望的人，將會帶出這四個好的人的一切優良特質和力量，平庸的人會從兩方來汲取教訓】」“，有時候我自己想起來：”在創立一個組織之前，他給了我這麼聰明的建議“，其實,我從未想創辦一個組織。那時的我很快樂,當然現在的我也是很快樂，那時候，我帶著一個小手提箱到處旅行，和別人談話，給出一些知識，這就是我如何開始，然後組織以它自己的樣子發生。

不要看著你周圍的人的行為,如果不是鼓舞人心，不要看它。如果是鼓舞人心就當那是四個好人之一。如果你專注於四個絕望的，那麼你會想逃跑，你會責怪別人和你自己，所有這些負面消極的東西會像你的影子一樣追趕著你，當你離光越遠，陰影就10變大，然後你和自己的影子戰鬥。甚麼時候你的影子會變大，是當你離開光的時候。當你沒有面對光的時候。那是你的影子比你大的時候。

四個好的永遠不會逃跑，他們是堅實的支柱。四個平庸的人會試圖逃跑，因為他們聚焦於無望的人。有一位聖人舉了一朵玫瑰的例子，說一個人帶著玫瑰來到你身邊，但是因為你的眼睛在玫瑰之下的刺上，你以為他們會用刺來刺你。如果你的視線集中在玫瑰上，刺就不會打擾你。你會看到你怎麼能把你的手放在刺之間來拿握玫瑰 花- 這是你將得到的技能。如果你有一點智慧，那麼你就會知道如何享受和握這朵玫瑰，而不用擔心刺。

 -  古儒吉大師

" Just before I started The Art of Living, I met this 108 years old man. He was a Pandit and has written around 700 books. He was a great astrologer. I was around 21 at that time, and he told me one thing. He said, “For any organization you need 12 people – four good, four mediocre and four hopeless people. This forms a good organization. The four hopeless people will bring out all the good qualities and the strength in the four good people. And the mediocre will learn their lessons from both side”. I sometimes think to myself, ‘What wise advice he gave me, even before I thought of starting an organization’. In fact, I never wanted to start an organization. I was very happy; I am happy now also. At that time, I had my little suitcase, and I would travel from place to place, talk to people and give some knowledge. This is how I started and then the organization started happening on its own.

Don’t look into the behavior of others around you. If it is not inspiring, don’t look at it. If it is inspiring then definitely take, as they must be one of the four good people. If you are focused on the four hopeless then you will want to run away, you will want to blame others and yourself, and all this negativity will chase you like a shadow. And the farther you go from light, the shadow becomes much bigger and then you fight with your own shadow. When does your shadow get bigger? It is when you are away from the light, and when you are no facing the light. That is when your shadow is bigger than you.

The four good will never run away, they are like solid pillars. The four mediocre will try to run away because they are focused on the hopeless people. There was a saint who would give an example of a rose and say that a person is coming to you with a rose but because your eyes are on the thorns which are beneath the rose, you think they are coming to hit you with the thorns. If your sight is focused on the rose, the thorns will not bother you. You will see how you can put your hands in-between the thorns and hold the rose – that is the skill that you will get. If you have a little intelligence, then you will know how to hold and enjoy the rose and not be bothered about the thorns." 

- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar