Presents
Raising Your Intelligence
Just live intelligently.
If something is told to you
decide
whether it is right or wrong,
then you can avoid all guilt feelings.
if you don't do it,then you feel guilty;
if you do it, again you feel guilty.
If you do it you feel that you are
being obedient,
subservient,
that you are not being assertive,
that you are not being yourself.
And if you don't do it,
then you start feeling guilty again
because perhaps it was the right thing to do, and you are not doing it.
There is no need for all this clumsiness.
Just be simple.
If something is told to you,
respond intelligently.
And whatsoever your intelligence
decides,
do it
this way or that
but you are responsible.
Then there is no question of guilt.
If you are not going to do it,
explain to the person why you are not going to do it.
And explain without any anger,
because anger simply shows that you are weak,
that you don't really have
an intelligent answer.
Anger is always a sign of weakness.
Just plainly and simply
explain the whole thing;
perhaps
the other person
may find
that you are right
and may be thankful to you.
Or perhaps
the other person may have better reasons than you
then you will be
thankful to the other person
because
he has raised your consciousness.
Use every opportunity in life
for raising your intelligence, your consciousness.
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