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The wise one drops the entire situation, forgives, and forgets. It is said that the anger of the worldly person is like a line on stone, while the anger of the wise one is like a line on water. Do you understand this? If you make a line on stone, it remains for a long, long time, perhaps forever. But if you strike the water, it separates only for a moment before becoming water again. Your anger should be only on the surface, not in the heart. Then there is no problem to forgive and no problem to forget. The best technique for this is to think: "That situation was, but now it is gone. Why should I worry about this? Why should I be angry? Why should I suffer?" The time is gone. People have problems with their parents because when they were little, their parents were strict: "Go to sleep early. Don't eat too much sugar. Don't eat too much ice cream. Do this and that. Go and study. Learn." And you were angry with them. But now you are grown. Why are you still angry with your parents? It is gone. It is finished. Now, you might even wish to go to sleep earlier, but you cannot. You are free to eat as much ice cream as you like, but you cannot because you are diabetic. Now we know that what our parents did for us was good. We are thankful for that. In certain situations, in India we used to say: when a dog bites you, you cannot bite the dog back. Or do you? We only do one thing: in the future, we should be careful. So, with your heart, practice forgiveness. Use your knowledge, your wisdom. Forget it. Only the great ones can forgive and forget; the little ones cannot. One cannot. Recording location: Slovenia, Umag, Seminar