The painful help
'They' refers to a man of realization. Helping is an act of obliging the other. The other expresses his gratitude by being bound morally to you. So, it is a transaction, where one is the master and the other is a slave. The helping act was the currency to enslave you. So, it was not truly help as the helped one is used in your favor. This is the nature of HELP offered by the materialistic beings of the world. On the other hand, spiritual beings are not bound to reciprocate to the help offered by other beings. They are very well aware of the help rendered in the world, which comprises of sweet talks, expression of gratitude, obliging the other by posing their benevolence, etc. Thus, spiritual beings have accepted the true nature of help unlike that of the world. They are not obliged by the petty helps we render them as we are in debt. We (seekers) are indebted to them as they make their presence felt in our lives.They hurt us and thus help us. They hurt us as they care fo...