Clean Yourself Before You Clean Anyone Else

I used to have a friend when I lived in Wellington. I took a liking to him at first because he is a witty and humorous bloke. But I changed my mind soon after I got to know him a bit more. Being with him was no longer pleasant as he could find mistakes and wrongs in anything and everything, including the food in restaurants, his girlfriend, his parents, his business partner and his best friends. To him everything was not up to his standard and everything seemed to be rubbish.

I visited his home on a number of occasions. His house was like a pigsty. While this may be normal for a bachelor since he lived on his own most of the time and I have no intention to pick on him, I remembered, however, that he told me how lack of atmosphere and warmth his best friends’ place was (the thing is, his best friends happens to be my friends as well and their place to me is quite ‘homely’ and tidy).

Here is the point: there are many people who think they can clean others while in actual fact they are not that clean themselves.

These people, because they have a filthy mind instead of a clean mind, all they see in this world is filth. Because they have so much garbage built in their psyche, they cannot see the purity and beauty of their external world. As we often say: Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. It seems the opposite is just as truthful. These people don’t make things better by cleaning themselves; instead, they carry their germs like a signature and share their germs with their neighbours, friends, families or whoever is around them. More people get ill because of them. The symptoms include fatigue, boredom, distress and headaches.

While my friend may be an example to the extreme, I have noticed that many people like to share their germs with others just the same. For example, we gossip. We tell others that this person is weird and that person is bad. We tell others that this person cannot be trusted and that person is dodgy. We spread our ill thoughts about people around, although most of the ill thoughts are imagined, exaggerated or biased. By spreading our ill thoughts to others, a ghost is turned into reality.

Don’t think or talk dirty about others, as you yourself are not that clean. If people come to you and dump their dirt to you, don’t take it. You don’t need to tell them off either and make an enemy. Sometimes when you tell these people off you give them a forum to defend themselves fiercely and to attack you. A lot of people like this game as they get satisfaction from the attention you give them. However, if you do want to help them, help them with mercy and forgiveness. Help them with love. Give them your blessings in words or in your hearts.

Keep clean! At both physical and mental level. If we are clean, we are less likely to spread illness and diseases around. As a result, people around us become healthier and happier.