58. Which is Just? Which is unjust?🔗

Looking at the light rays coming through that worn-out umbrella, which was full of holes, appearing similar to the stars of a night sky, the young boy Tom asked his grand-father: I am holding this umbrella. I can see that. The roof of our house is being held up by the walls. I can see that as well. When dusk falls who is it that is holding such a big umbrella that all places become dark?

When the old man managed to escape from this by saying, 'It is God', he got caught by the boy's next question.

'Grandpa, is God such a bad miser?'

Being unable to understand the boy's question, Tom's grand-father was surprised and asked him: Why do you ask that?

The boy replied: He is also having a worn-out umbrella like you have.

• Truth is different. But what Tom understood was different. For him his speech was just.

By thinking about a non-existing God as existing and judging Him as a miser is childish.

The childishness of complaining about non-existent faults in others as existing and placing arguments to justify it is very much present in all persons.

You will escape if you accept this and correct the same.

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• Attachment will make one blind. It will show good people as bad – Why! It will show even those who harm you, as good persons.
• If you possess an un-just mental set-up regarding justice and injustice... All the happiness and joy which have to be experienced by you fairly in the worldly life, you will miss them unfairly. Think about it.
• If you live by having one rule for yourself and another for others...

You will have to be prepared to accept a pitiable condition.

You will have to discard and lose that which is really a treasure.

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He is our man.... Just ignore and don't worry...

He has spoken so in some haste....

My son is a he-man; he will be like that only...

• I have brought her up with indulgence...Please look after her well, sonin-law...
• Even though he talks like that, he will not keep any thing in his heart...

We talk like this and justify some acts whenever anyone close to us commits a mistake; and in case the same mistake is committed by others we would say…

Oh what arrogance!

His talks too much!

A person who does not know any etiquette!

How badly they have brought up this child!

He doesn't possess any conscience at all!

We would gush out with feelings like these and exaggerate even small mistakes and make it big saying, 'Unjust! Fraud!' Such behavior has become common in the society.