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THE ART OF POSITIVE THINKING
Here is an example of self-centered individualistic thinking. While committing a heinous crime, a man justifies his conduct on social principles; and where there is some good to be done, he avoids doing it on an individualistic score, saying, "It behoves each man to take care of himself. For as you sow, so shall you reap. I did good in my past life, and am therefore prosperous; the other man did evil, and he must suffer for it now. I can't be made responsible for him!"
Thinking is thus often vitiated by a wrong approach.
For one practising meditation, right thinking is essential. Right thinking means adopting the right approach, that is an individualistic, subjective response where such a response is called for and a socialistic and collective response where society as a whole is concerned. One must have the wisdom to adopt the right course at the right time.
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