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both die at different times. Your karma are different from hers. If you manage to improve her in this life, she will be someone else’s wife in her next life.
Therefore, do not try to improve her. She, too, should not attempt to improve you. Whatever she is, she is as good as gold. You cannot improve another's prakruti (inherent characteristics) ever, however hard you try. A dog's tail remains crooked no matter how hard you try to straighten it. So be careful and let her be whatever she is. Adjust everywhere.
Adjust with Difficult People The very definition of ideal worldly life is adjustment. Even the neighbors will notice and say, “There is conflict in every household except this one!" Your energies have to be cultivated especially with those who you do not get along with. These energies are already present with people you get along with. Inability to adjust is a weakness. Why is it possible for me to get along with everyone? The more you adjust, the more your energies will increase and your weaknesses will diminish. Right understanding prevails only when all the wrong understandings are demolished.
Everyone gets along with easygoing and good-natured people but when you learn to get along with difficult, stubborn and harsh personalities, you have truly accomplished something. Losing your temper is useless. Nothing in this world will “fit” you. However, if you “fit” into it, the world will be good. If you attempt to make it “fit” you, it will be “crooked.” Adjust everywhere.
We must be able to convince even the most obstinate and disagreeable people. If we need a porter at a railway station and he haggles with the charges, we have to settle the deal with
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| SR No. | 030137 |
| Book Title | Science For Self Realization |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Total Pages | 78 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |