“When there is genuine love, respect simply follows you.” - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Wisdom by
Spiritual leader and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There are two
types of respect.
1. Respect
that comes to you because of your position, fame or wealth. This type of
respect is impermanent. It can be lost once you lose your wealth or status.
2. Respect
that comes because of your virtues like honesty, kindness, commitment, patience
and your smile. This respect, no one can take away.
The less you
are attached to your virtues, the more self respect you have. If you get
attached to your virtues, you look down upon everybody else, and the virtues
start diminishing. Non- attachment to virtues brings the highest self respect.
Often one
confuses ego with self esteem. Ego needs the other for comparison; self esteemis just confidence in oneself. For example, a gentleman claims that he is
thorough in Mathematics or Geography, this is self esteem. But to say that I know
better than you, that is Ego.
Ego simply
means lack of respect to the Self.
Ego upsets you
very often. Self esteem is immune to getting upset by external factors. In self
respect, everything is a game, winning or losing has no meaning, every step is
joy, and every move is celebration.
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