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Namah Vol. 33, Issue 2, 15th July 2025

we have and therefore always makes us emperor’s dress. This dress not seen by us
suffer from want of things, people, forces, but easily ‘seen through’ by others is vanity.
energy, money, objects. The want does not Similarly, people who are full of negative
reduce by having, for this thief gobbles it up energies, their dress is as if full of bristles
immediately and keeps growing fat and rich that prick those who come in close contact
at the expense of our peace and harmony and like thorns around a plant.
balance of joy.
Questions to Ponder
Hatred is another strong emotion and, like its
worse friend, cruelty, it hardens our heart and 1. What attitudes do you generally wear?
makes it incapable of more refined feelings. • Cool and peaceful, — an ivory-coloured
To harbour hatred and cruelty inside is like dress.
keeping a sharp knife or dagger inside your • Hot and hurting, — full of strong colours.
pocket and without any cover. One day the • Happy and cheerful, — gentle and light
knife ends up hurting our own body. colours.
• Depressed and gloomy, — dark and dull
All these movements are generally referred colours. There are other combinations too
to as negative feelings since they have a you may notice.
harmful effect upon our personality as well
as upon our body itself. A number of illnesses
including peptic ulcers, heart diseases and
even cancers are linked to certain negative
feelings. Besides, these feelings, if harboured
for long, not only vitiate our atmosphere but
also make us depressed. This depression then
becomes in itself a mother of many other
diseases and problems. For example, a person
who is depressed gradually begins to lose 2. What kind of atmosphere do you carry around
friends. Nobody likes to be in the company you?
of someone who is perpetually depressed. • Peaceful and loving
This gradual isolation only reinforces the • Kind and gentle
depression, making matters worse. Similarly, • Joyous and cheerful
people who are full of bitter, hypercritical • Strong and protective
attitudes are not liked much. Who would like
to be in the company of an ever-complaining Or else,
and grumbling person? • Dark and depressing
• Cloudy and confused
Besides, there is a subtle law of vibrations that • Hostile and critical
we emit or carry like an atmosphere around • Sharp and hurting
us. The dictum that ‘we wear our attitude’
is very true. It is like a subtle dress around Notice how each person carries his own
us that is not seen but can be felt like the atmosphere. Some nourish and nurture,

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