When someone is praised, they are happy. When criticized, they are upset. Then how will we get the companionship of angels? Angels are objective and positive beings. They have no biases or complexes. When you attain the angelic level, you can converse with angels. But people live on a different level and still want to converse with angels. This is not possible. You will have to make yourself pure. This is called tazkiya. Purity means to make yourself modest, complex-free and empty of biases. The only identification of this is to examine yourself when someone criticizes you. Do you feel good or bad? There is only one identification to know whether you are on the right path or wrong path. That is, observe how you feel when you are criticized. This is the only identification.
Angels are totally complex-free. The greatest weakness of human beings is that we humans have complexes and biases. An example is that whenever you criticize a human being, he instantly feels bad. When you praise someone, they feel happy. This is the root of evil. When someone is praised, they are happy. When criticized, they are upset. Then how will we get the companionship of angels? Angels are objective and positive beings. They have no biases or complexes. When you attain the angelic level, you can converse with angels. But people live on a different level and still want to converse with angels. This is not possible. You will have to make yourself pure. This is called tazkiya. Purity means to make yourself modest, complex-free and empty of biases. The only identification of this is to examine yourself when someone criticizes you. Do you feel good or bad? There is only one identification to know whether you are on the right path or wrong path. That is, observe how you feel when you are criticized. This is the only identification.
