For the minds that attached onto and identified with the qualities of names and forms to be who/what they are, 'respect' is about showing admiration or acknowledgement towards oneself or others who possess or achieve certain qualities of names and forms that the minds think and believe as 'superior quality', 'higher ability', or 'higher achievement' that deserve 'respect' from others or the world. Most people 'work' very hard throughout their life to earn or gain 'respect' or 'admiration/acknowledgement' from the world, or others, especially those who are 'related' to them in their personal/community/social/professional life.
Whether wittingly or unwittingly, there is discrimination towards the different qualities, abilities/disabilities and achievement/non-achievement determining what and who are worthy or unworthy to be receiving respect from oneself and others.
Most people think and believe that showing/giving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' towards certain higher/superior quality, ability and achievement is a form of generosity/kindness/goodness or positive encouragement to motivate oneself or other people (to be continuously) to strive to be good or be better.
People would feel disrespected, offended, humiliated, belittled, unhappy and angry when they think other people didn't show/give them the 'respect' that they think they deserve to be getting from others.
For the minds that (truly) practice yoga, that are free from attachment towards and identification with any qualities of names and forms, that are free from discrimination towards all the different qualities of names and forms, 'respect' is not about showing admiration or acknowledgement towards 'higher' or 'superior' quality, ability or achievement, but instead, it's abandoning such worldly thinking and belief, values and practice that empowers egoism and ignorance. It's transcending the discrimination towards what the worldly egoistic thinking and belief categorizing as 'respectable' and 'non-respectable'. The mind is free from the desire of craving and aversion towards the worldly idea/values/practice of 'respect and disrespect', 'praise and condemn', 'superiority and inferiority', 'meaningfulness and meaninglessness', and so on.
The one who needs to earn or gain 'respect'/admiration'/'acknowledgement' from others or the world, by possessing or attaining certain higher/superior quality, ability or achievement, in order to be motivated (to be continuously) to strive to be good or be better, the one who needs 'positive inputs/influences', 'positive thinking', 'positive encouragements' and 'the sense of meaningfulness', is the ego. Those who are free from the ego and egoism don't need to be receiving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from anyone for anything, to motivate them (to be continuously) to be good, or be better. The selfless/egoless minds don't need to have 'positive inputs/influences', 'positive thinking', 'positive encouragements' and 'the sense of meaningfulness'.
Those who know yoga aren't interested at all towards the worldly idea/values/practice of 'one must work hard to be earning or gaining 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from oneself or others by possessing or attaining certain higher/superior worldly or spiritual quality, ability and achievement, and void of lower/inferior quality, disability and non-achievement.
In yoga, 'respect' is part of the effortless manifestation of compassion derived from a selfless 'open-mind' that unattached towards any quality of name and form, being 'non-discriminative' towards all and 'accepting' everyone being what they are, as they are, regardless of all the different higher and lower worldly or spiritual qualities, abilities and disabilities, achievements and non-achievements that present or absent in everyone, even if the worldly minds think and believe and recognize that there is the presence of certain qualities of 'bad' and 'wrong' and the absence of certain qualities of 'good' and 'right' based on a particular social/cultural/religious/spiritual/political/philosophical thinking and belief about what is good and bad, what is right and wrong, where the minds generate dislike and disagreement, where the minds think and believe that they are 'unworthy' of receiving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from anyone.
Respecting everyone being what they are doesn't mean that one is agreeing and supporting others' thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice that the minds think and believe as 'bad' and 'wrong', but one is undetermined or undisturbed by the existing and non-existing higher/lower quality, ability/disability, achievement/non-achievement that the world think and believe are 'worthy' or 'unworthy' of 'respect', without interference/discrimination/intimidation towards everyone being what they are, as they are. And all are impermanent.
Being 'non-discriminative' and 'respectful' towards all and everyone, or the mind is being 'open', doesn't mean that one should be generously showing/giving 'supports' towards all kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice in the world, or blind-following, blind-practicing, blind-preaching and blind-promoting all the different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice, but it's about being unattached towards or non-associating with all the different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice, regardless of whether the worldly thinking and belief referring something as 'good and right' or 'bad and wrong', while being non-discriminative 'respecting' and 'allowing' all these different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice being there existing in this world as they are.
This kind of 'respect' of non-discriminative/non-interference/non-intimidation towards everyone regardless of all the different qualities of names and forms is essential for maintaining peace and harmony among all in the world. Be free from the worldly egoistic thinking/belief/practice of "Certain people deserve (higher) respect from others while some others don't, being determined by who/what they are, of their particular background, gender, sexual orientation, way of life, race, belief/disbelief, position, status, caste, profession, ability, achievement, behavior, action and reaction, including what the world think is merit and virtue."
Seeing the truth of names and forms as they are. They are just what they are, neither good nor bad, neither right nor wrong, neither positive nor negative, neither meaningful nor meaningless.
Those who truly want to realize yoga of selflessness/oneness/compassion/unconditional peace need to be aware of the subtle attachment, identification and desire of craving and aversion towards the quality of names and forms projected by the ignorant impure egoistic mind. Learn how to transcend the modification of the mind of all kinds of thinking/belief/values/practice/behavior/habit/desire/intention/expectation/action and reaction.
The freedom of being free from ignorance and the suffering of the consequences of ignorance is attained through the realization of selflessness/oneness/attributelessness/namelessness/formlessness by transcending/going beyond/subjugating the modification of the mind that generates the separateness/duality manifested in the form of thinking and belief that gives rise to the notion of a worldly life existence consisting of 'I and all the others', 'I and my world', 'I and my life', 'good and bad', 'right and wrong', 'positive and negative', 'meaningfulness and meaninglessness', 'respectable and non-respectable', 'praise and condemn', and so on.
Those who know this, they allow everyone being what they are, including whether people want to show 'respect' towards one another, or not. Those who don't know this, they would feel disappointed, offended, disrespected, humiliated, belittled, hurt and angry when they think they aren't getting the 'respect' that they expect to be getting, and they expect all 'good' human beings should behave in certain way to show 'respect' to one another, or else, those who don't behave in such way would be labeled/condemned as 'bad' human beings.
Be free.
Whether wittingly or unwittingly, there is discrimination towards the different qualities, abilities/disabilities and achievement/non-achievement determining what and who are worthy or unworthy to be receiving respect from oneself and others.
Most people think and believe that showing/giving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' towards certain higher/superior quality, ability and achievement is a form of generosity/kindness/goodness or positive encouragement to motivate oneself or other people (to be continuously) to strive to be good or be better.
People would feel disrespected, offended, humiliated, belittled, unhappy and angry when they think other people didn't show/give them the 'respect' that they think they deserve to be getting from others.
For the minds that (truly) practice yoga, that are free from attachment towards and identification with any qualities of names and forms, that are free from discrimination towards all the different qualities of names and forms, 'respect' is not about showing admiration or acknowledgement towards 'higher' or 'superior' quality, ability or achievement, but instead, it's abandoning such worldly thinking and belief, values and practice that empowers egoism and ignorance. It's transcending the discrimination towards what the worldly egoistic thinking and belief categorizing as 'respectable' and 'non-respectable'. The mind is free from the desire of craving and aversion towards the worldly idea/values/practice of 'respect and disrespect', 'praise and condemn', 'superiority and inferiority', 'meaningfulness and meaninglessness', and so on.
The one who needs to earn or gain 'respect'/admiration'/'acknowledgement' from others or the world, by possessing or attaining certain higher/superior quality, ability or achievement, in order to be motivated (to be continuously) to strive to be good or be better, the one who needs 'positive inputs/influences', 'positive thinking', 'positive encouragements' and 'the sense of meaningfulness', is the ego. Those who are free from the ego and egoism don't need to be receiving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from anyone for anything, to motivate them (to be continuously) to be good, or be better. The selfless/egoless minds don't need to have 'positive inputs/influences', 'positive thinking', 'positive encouragements' and 'the sense of meaningfulness'.
Those who know yoga aren't interested at all towards the worldly idea/values/practice of 'one must work hard to be earning or gaining 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from oneself or others by possessing or attaining certain higher/superior worldly or spiritual quality, ability and achievement, and void of lower/inferior quality, disability and non-achievement.
In yoga, 'respect' is part of the effortless manifestation of compassion derived from a selfless 'open-mind' that unattached towards any quality of name and form, being 'non-discriminative' towards all and 'accepting' everyone being what they are, as they are, regardless of all the different higher and lower worldly or spiritual qualities, abilities and disabilities, achievements and non-achievements that present or absent in everyone, even if the worldly minds think and believe and recognize that there is the presence of certain qualities of 'bad' and 'wrong' and the absence of certain qualities of 'good' and 'right' based on a particular social/cultural/religious/spiritual/political/philosophical thinking and belief about what is good and bad, what is right and wrong, where the minds generate dislike and disagreement, where the minds think and believe that they are 'unworthy' of receiving 'respect'/'admiration'/'acknowledgement' from anyone.
Respecting everyone being what they are doesn't mean that one is agreeing and supporting others' thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice that the minds think and believe as 'bad' and 'wrong', but one is undetermined or undisturbed by the existing and non-existing higher/lower quality, ability/disability, achievement/non-achievement that the world think and believe are 'worthy' or 'unworthy' of 'respect', without interference/discrimination/intimidation towards everyone being what they are, as they are. And all are impermanent.
Being 'non-discriminative' and 'respectful' towards all and everyone, or the mind is being 'open', doesn't mean that one should be generously showing/giving 'supports' towards all kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice in the world, or blind-following, blind-practicing, blind-preaching and blind-promoting all the different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice, but it's about being unattached towards or non-associating with all the different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice, regardless of whether the worldly thinking and belief referring something as 'good and right' or 'bad and wrong', while being non-discriminative 'respecting' and 'allowing' all these different kinds of thinking, belief, behavior, values and practice being there existing in this world as they are.
This kind of 'respect' of non-discriminative/non-interference/non-intimidation towards everyone regardless of all the different qualities of names and forms is essential for maintaining peace and harmony among all in the world. Be free from the worldly egoistic thinking/belief/practice of "Certain people deserve (higher) respect from others while some others don't, being determined by who/what they are, of their particular background, gender, sexual orientation, way of life, race, belief/disbelief, position, status, caste, profession, ability, achievement, behavior, action and reaction, including what the world think is merit and virtue."
Seeing the truth of names and forms as they are. They are just what they are, neither good nor bad, neither right nor wrong, neither positive nor negative, neither meaningful nor meaningless.
Those who truly want to realize yoga of selflessness/oneness/compassion/unconditional peace need to be aware of the subtle attachment, identification and desire of craving and aversion towards the quality of names and forms projected by the ignorant impure egoistic mind. Learn how to transcend the modification of the mind of all kinds of thinking/belief/values/practice/behavior/habit/desire/intention/expectation/action and reaction.
The freedom of being free from ignorance and the suffering of the consequences of ignorance is attained through the realization of selflessness/oneness/attributelessness/namelessness/formlessness by transcending/going beyond/subjugating the modification of the mind that generates the separateness/duality manifested in the form of thinking and belief that gives rise to the notion of a worldly life existence consisting of 'I and all the others', 'I and my world', 'I and my life', 'good and bad', 'right and wrong', 'positive and negative', 'meaningfulness and meaninglessness', 'respectable and non-respectable', 'praise and condemn', and so on.
Those who know this, they allow everyone being what they are, including whether people want to show 'respect' towards one another, or not. Those who don't know this, they would feel disappointed, offended, disrespected, humiliated, belittled, hurt and angry when they think they aren't getting the 'respect' that they expect to be getting, and they expect all 'good' human beings should behave in certain way to show 'respect' to one another, or else, those who don't behave in such way would be labeled/condemned as 'bad' human beings.
Be free.
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