QnA with Sri Sri
Thursday, April 23, 2015

 Q: It's hard to say 'I belong to you' to a near and dear one. But it feels easy to say it to a stranger, why? 

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Your near and dear ones are yours anyways. Why would you tell them, 'I belong to you’? They'll think you've gone mad. You can't wake up in the morning and tell your mother, 'Mummy, I belong to you'.

 Your mother will think, 'What has happened to my kid?'.

 Which is why we say here 'Kuch maan ke chalo, kuch jaan ke chalo, sabko gale lagate chalo'. This means ‘believe certain things, know certain things and embrace everyone and move ahead’.

We cannot know everything about everything in the world. This is impossible. It is impossible for a person to know everything about the universe. And we can't totally leave everything on faith, this is also not possible. A person who is intelligent will not be able to accept everything on faith, some things he will try to know, but some things he will have to take on faith.

 If someone says, 'Oh look, this is poison, if you eat it, you'll die', and if you say, 'No I won’t take your word, I'll try it and see', then you may not be there anymore to share your experience. In such situations at least, you should accept.

 There are different types of people and different ideologies in society. The entire universe is a play of diversity. We have to take all of them along.

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