In English
When someone defames us or ridicules us or puts us into any kind of hardship, we lose our peace. In reality, we are the losers when we lose peace and not others. Energy accomplished through several years of spiritual practices is lost due to lack of patience. This quality called patience is like a big ball of thread which we have accumulated and wound into a ball. Patience, a quality that we have developed, is like a ball of thread. If we allow it to slip from our hand, it becomes a loose thread. Similarly, peace that has been accumulated for several years will be lost due to hatred, anger, or some other form of emotion. We have to learn to remain living peacefully in times of sorrows and difficulties. When there is excess water, we waste it by leaving the taps open but when there is no water, we use it very frugally. In a similar manner, there is a shortage of peace in today’s world. Whatever peace we save, in short durations, that much peaceful we will be, and we will live in tranquility.