India - the Mother

December 10, 1969

Certainly, a great step will be taken when it becomes natural for man to seek to perfect himself instead of expecting perfection in others.... That reversal is at the basis of all true progress. The first human instinct is, "It's the fault of circumstances, it's people's fault, it's ... See how this fellow is, how that fellow is, how ..." And it goes on indefinitely. The FIRST STEP, the very first step is to say, "If I were as I should be, or if the body were as it should be, all would be perfectly all right for it." If, to make progress, you wait for others to do so, you can wait indefinitely.

That's the first thing that should be spread everywhere.

Never lay the blame on others or on circumstances because whatever the circumstances may be, even apparently the worst, if you are in the true attitude and have the true consciousness, it doesn't matter in the least for your inner progress, not in the least—and I'll say, including death.

That really seems to be the first lesson to be learned.

Mother's Agenda: December 10, 1969