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Have you ever thought, even for five minutes in your life, "I am human"? When you truly think, "I am a human," many of your negative qualities will fall away. So, when you have bad thoughts toward someone else, think, "I am a human, I am not an animal." If you are angry, then you should think, "I am a human. I am not a devil. I cannot be angry." If you are jealous, think, "I am human, I am not an animal." Whenever any negative tendencies awaken in your consciousness, you should neutralize them with the thought of being a very pure, divine human being. Many things happen in life, and they all stem from our not being aware of who we are. This does not mean discrimination toward other creatures. It means to fulfill your life mission as a human. Don't divide; unite. So, open the heart. Love, contentment, happiness—these are all universal principles. No one has a copyright on them. Water, air, fire, ether, earth are universal. No one has a copyright. And you have all these five. Love, feeling—no one has a copyright. And this feeling can be negative, or this feeling can be positive. When the animal energy's tendency awakens in your consciousness, then your feeling becomes negative: anger, hate, jealousy, greediness. These are the biggest obstacles for us. And if someone tells you something, you are offended. You are so offended, like a corn on a hot pan. Then it becomes that there is not corn anymore; it's popcorn. And when it's popcorn, it means it's broken. It cannot grow again. It becomes only the victim of your teeth. That's it. So when you are angry or jealous or offended, then you have lost. Whatever you earn spiritually is lost. So your biggest enemy, and your biggest stupidity, and your biggest ignorance, is that you are offended. You are offended because you cannot digest the truth. You are offended because you don't have the knowledge to compromise and understand the other situation. And that is very important. That makes you a yogī. That makes you a realized soul. Not that you make up with something. Therefore, know that you are a human. And a human has other qualities. So, whenever we fail in ignorance, then our human weakness comes out. Śaṅkarācārya said—yesterday I was reading in his book—"As long as you are the slave of your senses, there cannot be samādhi, and without samādhi you cannot be happy and content." And this world is constantly changing. You will never be happy. What makes you happy now, after half a minute is your life's dream. So you cannot relive one minute again. You cannot relive your one minute again. That minute is past. You can bathe in the rivers, but only once in your life, because you dip in and out and the water is gone. So there is no more of the same water. So life is a river flowing constantly. And what you think is yours, what makes you happy, is not that true. So know your life mission, and you know you should know that you are a human. You need to know that you are a human and what your human mission is. Don't hate anyone. Don't say, "I don't like him or her." This is the first sign of ignorance. If you hate someone, ignorance is the first sign of ignorance.