Last weekend, I listen to a youtube talk by Ajahn Brahm who talks about the subject of blame. The blame game is in all our everyday's life and we cannot stop people from blaming us.
He said that people will blame us for everything that does not happen nicely to them. Once, he was asked to give a chant at a patient's deathbed and the patient recovers subsequently but the family members scolded him as they have already prepared the funeral for their terminated ill relative. All the relatives have came from overseas and must come again if the patient really die. Ajahn said that he should ask the patient's family members what kind of chanting they want. Should he chant to sent the patient to die or to live. Yes, this is a blame game.
Another incident is a donkey who fell in a dry well. The farmers have been very angry with the donkey for damaging their crops and started to push the sand into the well to bury the donkey. Initially, the donkey gets edgy but after a while, the donkey stamp on the sand and gets higher and higher and finally, jump out from the well. Ajahn said that it is up to us to take the blame but each incident , we will go wiser and taller. We may not notice in the growth in us but we gets better and wiser . Human being is a strong creature and we can control our re-actions and can make wise decisions.
A blame can be positive or negative and it is all entire up to us. We can change the hurt and the pain into a positive strength . Let it be and do not look revenge but to live on well with not regrets.
Namaste.
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