Masters of Health Magazine December 2017 | Page 28

6)Accommodation of others. Accommodation is an understanding that the other people behave as they do because they cannot act contrary to their acquired nature. Everybody is the result of their past experiences, thoughts and attitudes. Accommodating others means accepting others.

7)Forgive from your heart! If you feel hurt by what others have done to you in the past, remember that you need healing. The best way to heal is to take responsibility for your own life and not let that particular experience control your life. This doesn’t mean that you suppress the hurt, instead you must change the way you think of the situation.

In conclusion, I would like to share the inspirational words from James Allan about sympathy:

"Prejudice and ill-will are complete barriers to the giving of sympathy. You cannot understand the person whom you dislike. To see others as they are, you must not resent their actions or condemn their beliefs and opinions. You must leave yourself entirely out, and must, for the time being, assume their position. Only in this way can you become en rapport with them, and so fathom their life, their experience, and understand it, and when a person is understood it becomes impossible to condemn him or her.”

Wishing you a blessed holiday season.

Prem Sadasivananda