(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Spirit Matters Program)
If we are very tolerant, patient and positive, I think that we can deal with a lot. Our false ego may be in the better modes of nature than someone else. Because we are not completely transcendental, we are looking to get close to people that stimulate us positively and from others, we keep a little bit of distance. Our capacity to absorb all that negative energy is not so great; it pulls us down. It is intense to absorb a lot of negative energy.
Sometimes people come to me and say, “Well, I have nothing to say to you because I don’t have any problems.” Am I only for problems!? Tell me something nice; tell me something good for a change…