Tolerance is based on going beyond the superficial things that divide us. It’s the result of turning within and coming to know the Self.
If I can deal with my own ego, then my own anger can be resolved. This goes a long way in resolving external issues too. With my own ego out of the way, I will be able to handle anything! Otherwise it’s just the same old thing – you versus me, yours versus mine – intolerance.
If I’m unselfish and honest in my heart, and am concerned about others’ needs, then I will be full enough to give. When you know the self in this way, then you can know others. ‘I should be understood’ changes to ‘I should understand’. Not, ‘They should change’ but ‘I will give what’s needed’. Patience, peace and maturity develop. Spiritual tolerance cultivates inner wisdom, the kind you can’t get from books.
Turn within and in silence fill yourself with Godly inheritance. Always remember, that you don’t have to prove anything. Whatever is true is going to be revealed anyway. Working to win the hearts of others is what will bring happiness to your life.
Dadi Janki, the administrative leader of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is a great friend of More to Life – here are a few snippets of profound wisdom from a teacher who walks her talk. Taken from her book Companion of God.
