Don’t blame others or society. They are able to influence you because you are faithless.
The wind blows for everybody. If you are a healthy being, you enjoy it. If you are weak and sick, then you curse the wind and run indoors complaining of fever. The same external movement is delight for the one who is inwardly healthy: you say, “Wow! Lovely breeze! See how my hair is flying in it?” But if you are 2.5 kilograms in weight, so pale, so diseased, then you would be found flying away to glory along with your hair in the same wind.
All the ones around you, who influence you, affect you, are just winds. Be strong and enjoy the winds.
This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
