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Giving Advice

When should you give advice to someone? When he or she asks you for it. Who will ask for food? A hungry person. By mere asking, he or she is showing hungry. If you are not hungry and I have a nice gourmet meal that I want to give you, so I force it into your mouth, what will happen? You will vomit it over me. Even though the food is real good food, it won't be appreciated and it won’t be digested. It is the same with giving advice.

- Swami Satchidananda