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Once a man was walking and he saw a lion coming, running at him. He started running away. An old man said, “Oh, young man, don’t run, go up the tree.” The running man immediately saw the tree, climbed up and sat there. The lion tried, got tired, and then went away.
The man came down and went to the old man. He said, “I want to thank you.”
The old man said, “Learn in future, my son, when calamity hits, elevate yourself. You wanted to run away from the lion, but he would have gotten you. When you elevated yourself he had no way to reach you.”
In every thought in our life we must elevate. If we know meditation, if we know concentration, if we know anything in our life, we should learn one thing. Elevate.”
Lecture Excerpt, 1/17/00,
© 2000 Yogi Bhajan
Learn giving, learn bearing, learn inspiring, learn sharing, and learn to shake the hands of others. If you cannot give anything else, at least give a smile. Be humorous about things. Make somebody’s day.
If you cannot think of the Universe, how can the Maker of the Universe think of you?
God has given you everything. If you want to give something, give forgiveness. First forgive yourself. Then forgive your environments, and then forgive all those whom you cannot forgive. That is the beginning of greatness of character.
When You walk towards God, ridhee, sidhee, naao, nidhee (worldly wealth, spiritual powers and the nine earthly treasures) all come to you. Do not forget to Whom that belongs.
Love is based on three qualifications: Tolerance, patience, and giving. Be tolerant to the extent of sacrifice, have patience to the extent of inifinity, and give to the extent of God.
© 2003 Yogi Bhajan. Used with kind permission from
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