Imitation is the beginning of all our problems. If we imitate someone, we will never understand him or her because of that. And if we find out that he or she is doing something wrong, we will support him or her, just because we were imitating! In fact, the reason we want to imitate someone is that we are scared to face ourselves; we do not want to undertake the difficult task of understanding ourselves, for fear that we may discover hidden skeletons in the cupboard! It is convenient to live as someone’s shadow and imitate him. But observe: Krishna never imitates anyone. Buddha does not follow others. Can you name a person whom Krishna or Buddha or Christ ever imitated? So why must we try to imitate anyone?

Observe everyone you meet. Learn and imbibe good things from them. But do not follow anyone. Do not follow. Flow. Flow along with life.




 

( Baba's replies to other questions continues next week....)