Being a Professor, one does develop a critical nature. Correcting papers and always looking for the 'right' answer to questions. However, in life, answers are not set in stone. Being critical or judgmental is found to re-affirm the ego. It comes with an attitude that I am right and you are wrong.
“Whatever comes of itself, let it come,” Yogananda would say. In other words, the situations that test us in life are there for our benefit; they are for our personal transformation — to become instruments of peace as St. Francis wrote in his prayer: “Lord make me a instrument of Thy peace. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith. Where there is sorrow, let me sow Thy joy. Where there is hatred, let me sow Thy love.”
[Source: https://www.ananda.org/about-ananda-sangha/lineage/swami-kriyananda/stories-about-swami-kriyananda/stories-about-swami-kriyananda-ram/]
Its easy to be pleasant when things are favorable; not complaining and criticizing when things don't go as per our expectations, is the real challenge.
I do have the habit of complaining about others. I also tend to be critical, having been trained as a Teacher.
Gossiping I find makes one critical, as gossiping is generally critical. It puts the gossiper on a pedestal and the person they talk about is a victim.
“Whatever comes of itself, let it come,” Yogananda would say. In other words, the situations that test us in life are there for our benefit; they are for our personal transformation — to become instruments of peace as St. Francis wrote in his prayer: “Lord make me a instrument of Thy peace. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith. Where there is sorrow, let me sow Thy joy. Where there is hatred, let me sow Thy love.”
[Source: https://www.ananda.org/about-ananda-sangha/lineage/swami-kriyananda/stories-about-swami-kriyananda/stories-about-swami-kriyananda-ram/]
Its easy to be pleasant when things are favorable; not complaining and criticizing when things don't go as per our expectations, is the real challenge.
I do have the habit of complaining about others. I also tend to be critical, having been trained as a Teacher.
Gossiping I find makes one critical, as gossiping is generally critical. It puts the gossiper on a pedestal and the person they talk about is a victim.
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