Comparison is one of greatest diseases in this world and we are taught to do it from our birth. From our birth our mothers and fathers start comparing us with other children. Our teachers
compare us with other children. From the beginning we are being told to compare our
self with others. This is a greatest disease, because
everybody is born unique and
Comparison is not possible. I am just myself and you are your self, their does not exist any comparison. There is nobody in the universe whom with you can we compared. Each man is unique. Everybody is born here for the first time and their does not exist any individual like anybody before. Therefore no comparison is possible and comparison only brings trouble.
If some one fall victim to this disease of comparison then he will become either very egoistic or very bitter. It all depends upon on whom you compare yourself with. If you compare yourself with people who are
bigger than you, higher than you, greater than you, you will become bitter. You will become a complaint against the existence and an anger come in to your mind that why you are not bigger than your self? Why I am not like others? Why I am not physically strong? Why I am not beautiful? Why I am not intelligent? Why I am not this or that? And thousand questions of like this. If we go on doing this then we will become very bitter. Our life will become poisoned by comparison. We will always remain in state of depression and behave as life has betrayed us.
On the other hand if we compare our self with people who are in some way lesser than you, then you will become very egoistic. That is the reason by rich people collect lot of small people around them. This gives them the opportunity to look big. Ordinary people look at the success of rich, their houses, their achievements and therefore feel
bitter about the existence. They start looking to God as it has betrayed them and how they can be thankful to him. Therefore without thankfulness there is no prayer and without prayer there is no religion.
But I man who understand the uniqueness everybody feels immense gratitude in whatsoever universe has given to him. If we do not compare then we are neither bigger nor smaller, neither ugly nor beautiful, neither intelligent nor stupid. And if we do not compare then we are simply our self. In the state of simply yourself spring comes, flower comes because a deep gratitude towards life helps to bring the spring.
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