Page 28 - Courage Redifined

He had to face a lot of trouble and insult because of him
and lost all his arrogance. Good, he got a lesson.” Now, how
will a person who loves to gossip respond to this ? Probably
something like this, “Oh ya! Good for him.” Now, what did
he do ? Agreed to the talks and indirectly consented to the
problems that Mr. X had to face. What made him do this ?
The approval of other’s talks and acts.

The interest for gossip is so terrible that it forcibly drags us
in the approval of the opponent’s talks and acts, however
dreadful they are.

During that time, it is difficult to stay strong, contradict the
opponent’s talk and say, “Oh my God! Such a terrible act!
How bad! ”Someone says, “My employer is a rascal. He
makes us work more and more but gives us meagre wages.
Some days back, he was cheated and incurred a loss of Rs.
1 lakh.” To this statement, one would reply on the lines of,
“Serves him good. He deserved it.” Some person was cheated
and you expressed joy!

Is it right to rejoice over someone being cheated or someone
facing trouble ? While conversing with others, how many
times would we have consented and approved other’s wrong
acts ? Now, think what do we achieve out of these talks ?
Nothing. We just end up indirectly giving our consent and
expressing happiness in such terrible acts which we ourselves
have not performed. Will the Karmasatta (The supreme
Power of Karma) forgive us for this ? Will we not bind any
karmas ? We will definitely accumulate a lot of karmas and
also strengthen our interest in gossiping and participating in
such talks. This will consequently invite such terrible acts in
our life also.

Dhaval Merchant made a plan to throw Shripal in the sea. 3
of his friends agreed to his plan and eventually had to pay
it’s price when Goddess Chakeshwari punished them.

18 Courage Redefined