Be a soldier in a battle, fighting for your sacred cause of spirituality and Truth, never thinking, much less worrying, about the results. The results are mine. I know my work, and design plans according to situations. You are merely to follow instructions and carry on the campaign — disciples as soldiers in the battle for Truth and spirituality.
Continuing on the same topic, Baba commented:
It is a pity that people, in their excitement or enthusiasm, do not realize what they are doing and spoil their own cause. The very thing for which they ought to be proud and happy is misunderstood and taken for misfortune. There is a hue and cry raised over things that have no substantial bearing or ground at all. Petty points and questions are raised, and so much valuable time and energy are wasted over such trivial matters, which [could] be so well utilized for better purposes, benefiting themselves and others.
Jealousy is a great weakness. It blinds or obscures the vision to Truth and facts. It drives one to a frenzy and makes one engage in flimsy arguments. Meaningless talks are freely indulged in, which bring nothing but shame and misery in their wake, before they realize what harm they have done in their weakness.
Truth can never be blurred or clouded by the hue and cry, however great. It shines in its own light. Clouds come and go, casting shadows and a temporary gloom. The sun is never disturbed, much less perturbed or affected by the clouds. So is Truth never clouded by fallacious or false propaganda. Trying to throw dust at the sun blinds the person himself, not the sun.
But there are few who understand these simple truths. The majority are misguided and ruled by some self-styled leaders, who seek the limelight by fair means or foul. They don't want the Truth for their [own] selfish ends, lest they be lost and out of the picture. So, to be in the public eye, they invent lies, concoct stories, distort facts, and, in the name of public service, they present these lies before the public. The public is misled either by their big names or by the tricks of the originators, who form the ability to misrepresent facts with sensational talks that influence the weakness of the mass mind.
It is the same all over the world — a game of winning and losing — the inevitable struggle for existence in all departments and aspects of life — religion, politics, morality, ethics, industry [business], et cetera, at different times and places, in different ways, according to the conditions.