{"id":4105,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:27","slug":"52-narrow-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14\/52-narrow-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-52_Narrow.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nNARROWNESS AND ONE-SIDEDNESS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The whole trouble comes from the fact that you cannot harmonise<\/span> with someone unless he is in agreement with your
\nown ideas and his opinion and way of doing things are in conformity with yours.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

You must widen your consciousness and understand that everyone has his
\nown law. It is necessary to find the ground of understanding and harmony in a
\nhappy combination of individual wills and not to try that all may be the same
\nin an identical will and action. <\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the chief obstacles to the establishment of a progressive harmony
\nis our eagerness to prove to an opponent that he is wrong and we are right. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I am happy about your new arrangement; let
\nus hope it works. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It depends on how
\nmuch each one cares more for harmony than for the triumph of his own will! <\/span><\/p>\n

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How do you expect others to keep to an arrangement when you are not
\ndoing it yourself? <\/span><\/p>\n

How do you hope to get out of your shallowness if you remain always one-sided <\/i>in your perception of things? <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span>June 1931 <\/span><\/font><\/i>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 287<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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X is quite justified in thinking and feeling as he does, but he must
\nunderstand that the others also are justified in their thinking and feeling although
\nit differs from his and he ought not to despise them and call them bad names. <\/span><\/p>\n

Among human beings, the most widely spread disease is mental narrowness.
\nThey understand only what is in their own consciousness and cannot tolerate
\nanything else. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>24 September 1953 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

A person who considers only his own opinion becomes more and more
\nnarrow. <\/span><\/p>\n

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For each problem there is a solution that can give satisfaction to
\neverybody, but for finding this ideal solution each one must want it, instead
\nof meeting the others with the will to enforce one’s own preference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enlarge your consciousness and aspire for the satisfaction of all. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>28
\nAugust 1971 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You see only your side <\/i>of the
\nquestion, but if you want to widen your consciousness it would be better to look
\nfrom all sides impartially. Later you will discover that this attitude has
\ngreat advantages. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17 September 1971 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

As long as you are for <\/i>some
\nand against <\/i>others, you are
\nnecessarily outside of the Truth<\/i>. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 288<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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