<p class="bodytext">Most of us have come across many such situations in life wherein the question of tolerance comes up, and we are required to make a choice of whether to tolerate or retaliate. If, for example, a person who has no control over his tongue or is uncultured, short-tempered and talks in an offensive language or behaves rudely with us, then what should we do? Well! A cultured person, under such a situation, would choose to be patient and tolerate the impertinence because he knows well that when tolerance is lost, temper is also lost, and the loss of both means the loss of mental balance. This kind of self-awareness or approach would enable one to remain calm, composed and dignified under trying circumstances. Tolerance, in such provocative situations, is a value that saves one’s life.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Remember! Our tolerance and humility can melt or mellow the mind of our bitter critics and opponents while it enables us to be in a state of peace. However, most of the people ask this question: how long should we tolerate injustice? If we do so, wouldn’t it mean our silent consent to the acts of those who are doing injustice to others and depriving those who deserve justice?</p>.<p class="bodytext">The answer is that we must put forth our moral resistance. We must make our disapproval manifest through our non-cooperation in such acts. Better still, we must use our skill of persuasion at proper moments. We must make efforts to enable such a man of blinded intellect to see the real nature of his act and the attendant evils and the following consequences. We must have pity for him rather than lose our own moral sense and react with a feeling of rancour and vengeance. That would be our Tolerance. But the question that ultimately comes up is whether we have that spiritual power to transform a sinner into a saint. For that we must check up on our stock of spirituality and fill ourselves with the power again through yoga meditation as one would recharge one’s battery with the help of a dynamo. With our high spiritual power, we can use tolerance as a tool of social transformation and can be God’s instruments for uplifting a man fallen from his seat of morality.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Most of us have come across many such situations in life wherein the question of tolerance comes up, and we are required to make a choice of whether to tolerate or retaliate. If, for example, a person who has no control over his tongue or is uncultured, short-tempered and talks in an offensive language or behaves rudely with us, then what should we do? Well! A cultured person, under such a situation, would choose to be patient and tolerate the impertinence because he knows well that when tolerance is lost, temper is also lost, and the loss of both means the loss of mental balance. This kind of self-awareness or approach would enable one to remain calm, composed and dignified under trying circumstances. Tolerance, in such provocative situations, is a value that saves one’s life.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Remember! Our tolerance and humility can melt or mellow the mind of our bitter critics and opponents while it enables us to be in a state of peace. However, most of the people ask this question: how long should we tolerate injustice? If we do so, wouldn’t it mean our silent consent to the acts of those who are doing injustice to others and depriving those who deserve justice?</p>.<p class="bodytext">The answer is that we must put forth our moral resistance. We must make our disapproval manifest through our non-cooperation in such acts. Better still, we must use our skill of persuasion at proper moments. We must make efforts to enable such a man of blinded intellect to see the real nature of his act and the attendant evils and the following consequences. We must have pity for him rather than lose our own moral sense and react with a feeling of rancour and vengeance. That would be our Tolerance. But the question that ultimately comes up is whether we have that spiritual power to transform a sinner into a saint. For that we must check up on our stock of spirituality and fill ourselves with the power again through yoga meditation as one would recharge one’s battery with the help of a dynamo. With our high spiritual power, we can use tolerance as a tool of social transformation and can be God’s instruments for uplifting a man fallen from his seat of morality.</p>
