A true seeker tries to look for the best in others

There is nothing good or bad in the world; only your thinking, your mindset and your outlook makes it so. With an understanding of this universal law, a true seeker always try to look at the virtues of others and shortcomings in himself. While counting the merits in others, his own life begin to fill with merits. While noticing the pleasing behavior of others, his own behavior becomes pleasing. In the beginning if its difficult for you to find virtues in others, then sing, hear, read or remember the virtues of God in the company of devotees. The devotees sing praises of God, contemplate at the divine virtues of God and eventually those divine virtues make home in their own heart.

The Vedantic Saints believe and come to realize the philosophy of “Vasudeva sarvam iti” meaning “God (the Supreme Consciousness) is present everywhere and in every being”. They always look at the divine virtues in every being. Their sight is fixed on the inherent divinity in every being. Just like sun don't differentiate between a meat-eater lion and a bovine goat; the sun provides same sunshine to all; the river provides same water to everyone irrespective of their nature; similarly, the saint gives same love to everyone. The true seeker who come in contact of such Saints also attempt to practice the same. In this manner the divine qualities of peace, equanimity and blissfulness begins to evolve in his own heart.

On the other hand, a worldly being tends to waste time in gossip, look for the imperfections in others and eventually becomes bundle of objections and complaints. In this manner such a being remain restless and agitated. What you seek, is what you get.

In Mahabharata, Guru Dronacharya once asked his disciple, “Duryodhana, please go in the adjacent village and count how many meritorious people are there in the village.” Duryodhana spent the whole day and returned in the evening with an answer, “Dear Master, I spent the whole day in the village while looking for a meritorious being, but unfortunately I couldn't find even single one.”

Next day, Guru Dronacharya called his other disciple, Yudhistra and said, “Yudhistra, please go in the adjacent village and count how many imperfect or immoral people live there.” Yudhistra returned in the evening with an answer, “Dear Master, I couldn't find any. Everyone seems to be meritorious and full of virtues to me.”

Nothing is good or bad in the world; only thinking makes it so. Never try to judge others and always look for the divine virtues in others while remembering the divinity that resides in their heart.