When you meet someone today , you should treat him/her newly as he/she is now, not based on the
information from yesterday . What is the underlying principle?
Human beings change all the time.
You may be enlightened and become a new person tonight , or completely change after
meeting somebody who shocks or inspires you in some way.
One who has committed crimes such as having stolen something yesterday could be a
completely different person when you meet him today.
Therefore, we should observe people without prejudice and shouldn't judge them based on
what they had done in their past .
The past is a process leading up to the present. The process exists to take us in the
direction of a better life.
Although someone had wronged you before , you should not judge him/her based on that
past experience when you encounter him/her again later on . Have conversation of today ,
and base your evaluation off of that conversation alone .
You should not overlap past memories on him/her.
Languishing in the past clouds your perception of that person.
You mind becomes shut, which hinders you from interacting with that person comfortably.
Meanwhile,your energy stops flowing and deteriorates.
Why do we socialize? We socialize to exchange energy with others and replenish our
insufficient energy. The fact is that the cleanest and purest energy comes through people.
We receive 30% energy from the Grand Nature and 70% from other people .
Receiving energy from others allows our murky, congested energy to circulate along with
our prejudices. Taking someone else's energy allows us to wield great power,
but we have not been able to do so -
because we did not know the reason we meet other people .
If you open up your mind and accept what others say to you, your energy goes up .
If you accept even negative remarks with understanding and gratitude , that murky
energy becomes purified into clean ,
positive energy. What's more, murky energy is heavy .
Since it is heavy , it is also bigger . If such energy can be purified , it can become something for
greater.
Clean energy only amounts to small quantity. Murky energy aggiomerates; it has the potential
to give us massive power if it goes under purification . When you accept someone's energy
with love and gratitude , it elevates your energy , which can also be shared .
Whoever has the power to circulate the energies in such manner is Gwanseumbosal
(Avolokiteshvara)
Having lots of people around you means that you have fabulous wealth . But if you cannot
use that energy in the right way .
it is useless . Thus, if people come to you, you should treat them honestly, consider them
as a new person , and think about whether you had judged them wrongly with your
prejudice . On reflection, you may have watched them bad with your bias but they
hadn't done anything bad to you .