Faith, Patience and Tolerance

Frequently we find people getting more and more critical about others, though they are not always expressing it very outwardly. Criticism is good in so far as it helps to bring out the true characteristic of a particular aspect. But criticisms that lead to arouse a guilty feeling in the minds of people criticized, are not acceptable. Is it because of lack of tolerance? May be. People are getting less tolerant.

One reason may be that people remain very busy and disturbed with their own affairs, many of which they can't bring under their control. This leads to impatience, which is caused by lack of faith. The subconscious mind remains impatient and stressed, which seeks solace by being critical. This feeds the mind with some kind of false peace, which is temporary. They need help. Possibly their ego prevents them from asking for help. We must try to help them.

So, another reason is ego. Egoism is something that signifies that we are more important than others. Only our thoughts and beliefs are true. Our point of view and our knowledge are correct and everything else is false. This leads to stubbornness, arrogance and ultimately self-destruction.

Empty arguments are the active tools with which ego works. In such empty arguments rational thinking suffers, as proper or logical reasoning fails to find a place. It may gratify the mind but leads one to nowhere.

So one must be patient and tolerant, and give up nourishing only the personal viewpoints and stop indulging into empty arguments.

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