If others become insecure because of us what can we do?

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If others become insecure because of us, because of our success, or because of our qualities, if others become insecure because of us, then what should we do? As far as possible, we all have a lower side, we have a higher side.
And our interactions with others should be such that we help them bring out their higher side. So if I am very successful, and if I just parade my success in front of others, that may make them envious. That may make them insecure.
This person has achieved so much, I have achieved nothing. And instead of bringing out their better side, they want to pull us down. Let’s bring down their lower side.
So as much as possible, when we are with others, especially people whom we know tend to be insecure, then rather than we talking about our success, we can talk about them. And we can help them feel secure, feel a sense of self-worth. Especially if we can connect them with Krishna.
We can only offer them a limited amount of security. But if we can help them connect with Krishna, by which they can connect with Krishna, then that is a very powerful way of overcoming their insecurity for them. Having said that, we need to know that everybody has to deal with their own issues.
And we can’t become too obsessed with others. So we can try, if we find that somebody is becoming too insecure, then we can try to decrease the triggers for that insecurity. So we don’t have to, if we find certain features within us, or certain things that make them insecure, we can downplay them, if it is possible, without interfering with our duty, with our service to Krishna, our growth.
As much as possible, we can downplay it in their presence. But apart from that, we just move on in our life. And as we keep moving on, we deal with our issues, we can pray to Krishna, to help them, and they will have to deal with their issues.
See, the door to personal change can be opened only from inside. We can inspire others, but we cannot make anyone change. If somebody is insecure, by our words, by our actions, if they feel that we are successful, and if they feel that we respect them, we value them, that may give them a sense of security.
But after having done our part, if they still continue their way, then we just pray for them and we move on. We move on in our life, and they will have to deal with their own insecurities. If they are hurting us because of their insecurities, then we may have to take appropriate action so that we don’t give them the power to hurt us, we protect ourselves.
But we can’t deal with other issues for them. They have to deal with it. If they want us to help, we can help.
We can only do three things for people. We can provide them knowledge, we can provide them facilities, we can provide them an example. Example, example.
So, based on these three things, we can provide them some inspiration. If we do that, that’s all that we can do. And it’s between them and Krishna.
Thank you very much.