Dealing with Others
"Silently hear everyone," he said. "Accept what is good; reject and forget to remember what is bad. Accept all and take only what you want; reject the rest and live happily." When asked what to do in a case when someone is not necessarily bad, just a 'pain in the neck' because of his or her incessant jabbering, Swamiji twinkled his eyes and said: "Just draw down the shades in front of your mind and let the others go on as they will." 1 Adapted from At Every Breath, A Teaching , authored by Rudith Emir, published by Central Chinmaya Mission Trust