________________ With every life, an individual has the opportunity to wash away his past negative karmas, to free its soul from the layers and shackles of negative karmas and emerge a Supreme Being. One must make the best use of this opportunity. Every sin has its own lifespan and when the period has concluded, the sin is annihilated. Whenever we see a person committing a sin, we must not consider him a sinner, but must pray to Parmatma, "May he realize his mistake and not commit a sin again." The thought of the other person being a sinner makes us one. We must also realize that every soul has the capacity within and can, one day, become Parmatma. Each individual born will, in some birth, become Parmatma. That is the ultimate destiny of any living soul. Every living individual in this age is like one, who has potential to purify his soul completely(bhavi)). No one is abahvi (opposite of bhavi). Today, he may be full of vices, but no vice or negative quality of any individual is eternal. One must always remember before wanting to criticize others that, "I am viewing him to be a bad person, but I am equally sinful." By viewing others negatively, we are binding such strong karmas that we will not be able to eradicate them for ages. There is also a possibility that we may be born with similar vices for many future births. It may also happen that the sins of others may get negated with time and he may acquire good -- 38 -