Questioner (Q): Namaste Sir. Sir, my question is, in neo spirituality, there is this thing taking off, back when I was in University, I learned this thing in one of the workshops. Basically, the learning that they share is, “Don’t judge the intentions behind other people’s mistakes.”
So, this brings me to the question that should we not scrutinize or audit others’ mistakes? I mean, there could be some hidden conscious or subconscious agenda lying over there. Should we not try to see why someone committed mistake accidentally or maybe consciously? So, I didn’t understand the basic meaning of this. Is it even true?
Acharya Prashant (AP): No, you have already gone too far. How do I know first of all there is a mistake? What is the definition of mistake? There is somebody in front of me, how do I know somebody has made a mistake? Judging etcetera comes later. What you mean by mistake? There is always one mistake, whether made by you or somebody else, which is to act in ignorance. What other mistake can anybody make? The fundamental mistake then is not to know the definition of the mistake. How will you judge the mistake in one, if you don’t even know what mistake really means?
Do not judge somebody wearing crimson. I told this to Shiva. He said, “Sir, I have a small problem.” “What?” “I don’t know what crimson is.” Judging etcetera comes much later, first of all, you must know what crimson is. No? The one who is mouthing this phrase, wherever it is coming from, is utterly confident that he knows that somebody has made a mistake. Does the originator of this phrase know his own mistake? He says, “Don’t judge intention behind other people’s mistakes.”
