Let me tell you a story about the spiritual guru guy who had a reputation for being completely unoffendable, with respect to the fact that this is not my story.

This macho American guy hears about this guru and decides to challenge him. Upon arrival in his temple he begins to insult and disrespect him in every possible way, saying things like “I slept with your mother” ,etc.

Throughout the entire interaction the guru stays calm and unaffected, and this macho man couldn’t believe it.

He says to the guru: “I understand this whole spiritual thing about not caring about what other people think, but man I disrespected you, you should learn to stand up for yourself”.

The guru responds: “my son can I ask you two questions?” the man says “sure”.

He says if I offer you a gift and you choose to not accept it, to whom does that gift still belong?

The man says “well if I choose not to accept the gift than the gift still belongs to you”.

And the guru continues with his second question: “and now let me ask you, if I choose not to accept your abuse to whom does it still belong”?

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