Mohanji Speaks 2 - Every Sinner Can Become A Saint

Mohanji speaks about the intellectual and emotional attributes in people and reminds us that there is an inherent saintly quality in every person regardless of their predominant attribute. Every sinner has a future and every saint has a past. These simple truths form today's food for thought.

Transcript

Hello friends, This is Mohanji. Last time we spoke about a sarcastic comment from our show and I think or I hope you have thought about it or contemplated about it. It's like a mirror shown on our own face as to what we are and how we behave in this world. Today I would like to speak about an interesting discussion I had today morning with somebody and this question is really a food for thought. Since we are having foods for thought each time, I would like to bring to your plate this question. There are four types of people in the world as per the scriptures, Major four types. We can't say exactly everybody are in one compartment or the other because there are mixtures. So if you categorize the world in four, The first part or the maximum are emotional bad people. When I say bad, It's not the actual word bad, It's that emotionally insensitive, Very insensitive but emotional. And they go through all indulgences, They do everything. If somebody pays the money they can even go and kill a person. They are very insensitive in the world. This is the broad spectrum. The next or the lesser amount is the emotional good. They are sensitive, Very sensitive, Very committed. They are very good people but at the same time they are emotional. They take emotional decisions. They sometimes are very dogmatic, This kind of people. Then the other set are two and four people category. One is the intellectual bad. Again, Please don't use the bad, You think that bad means bad in English terms. It's insensitive but intellectual means they are selfish. You can call intellectual selfish. You can see a lot of people like that. Like there are industrialists, There are businessmen, There are so many politicians. Intellectual, Very very intellectual people but their whole interest is selfish. They only have selfish interest, They only do things for themselves. And then there is another set of people, Very very fraction of the community, Very small number. They are the intellectual unselfish, The good ones. Their whole interest is for the welfare of the nations or welfare of the world. They live for the world. They live only to help the world, Heal the world, Work for the world. And their interest is to have a better world. So, These are the four major categories. So, The question came to me today from one person who I was discussing with. He asked me, Is there a similarity between the intellectual selfish and the intellectual unselfish? I said yes. They are more or less like the two sides of the same coin. So, He was a psychologist and he has done certain research in the field of psychology. So, He told me, You know, Moanji, There are lot of similarities between these two. Because he has been visiting the prisons for giving motivational services to the prisoners to bring them back to the social life. So, He spoke to many prisoners and they all had a bit of saintness in them. They can be great saints. They can actually become totally selfless. And most of these people had a bad childhood. Means, They were not regarded, They were not recognized, They were not accepted or they were criticized heavily and kind of pushed to a corner. So, What causes a person to be intellectually selfish or being intellectual still be selfish or being intellectual unselfish? So, This thought was a very good thought. And he was telling me that he has seen similarity because he has been interacting with various masters, Spiritual masters, You know, Highly evolved people. And they had the same thing. Their only thing is that their whole point is unselfish. They are not doing it for themselves. They want the world to be better. They want the world to be happy. So, The intellectual selfish can easily become intellectual unselfish just by the right guidance, Right motivation. And when they become unselfish, They are extremely powerful in the world. So, The thin line is between selfishness and unselfishness. And that's sitting in everybody. And the motivation or the orientation, Whether it is emotional or intellectual, This is where the trick is. So, The people, The majority of people who are emotional, I mean their operating level is mind, Not intellect. They can be easily manipulated by the intellectual good or bad, Intellectual selfish or unselfish. They can influence them, Manipulate them. But intellectual unselfish will not manipulate anybody because they don't have any need for that. In fact, They are giving. They are here to give, Not to take anything from anybody. So, That's the major difference here. But the intellectual selfish have selfish interest and they will do anything to attain their selfish interest. So, This is one category which you have to be very careful with because they are very intellectual, So they can easily manipulate people and then they can take away whatever they want from you. So, But understand that everybody has the potential to become a saint. Every sinner has a future and every saint has a past. I would leave you with these thoughts and do remember to contemplate on it and see what you find out of this. Maybe we can communicate about this later. But this is the thought which I would like you to know. But please remember, There is nobody only in one category because there are mixtures. So, There is a bit of emotional, There is a bit of intellectual, There is a bit of mind, There is a bit of intellect in everybody. So, What is predominant in you, That's what people call you as. So, Don't think that you are just one. You are a mixture. All of us are various kinds of mixtures, Various proportions. So, What proportion is predominant in you, That's what you are. Have a great day and I sign off. This is Mohanji. Thank you.