while seeing amma she made the comment that those who give others the silent treatment and stick their nose up in the air actually have a form of mental illness. sometimes we wonder about ourselves when this treatment is given to us however we should realize that people do practice meanness and this kind of behavior is a result of being so wrapped up in ourselves and our ego that there is only one view; our own.
Jitendra
Hello Eric I think we have all encountered this in our lives but must recognize that if we attempt a couple times to communicate with those that have been close to us and still receive no response or the silent treatment we can safely surmise that the assessment of Amma above can apply. Sometimes we do have to apologize for our behaviors in the past but we also may find the behaviors of those we have interacted with was less than exemplary so they really have no excuse to give us the silent treatment. It takes a Master like Amma to decipher the often ambivalent moods of others towards us and their lack of response to what was once a significant relationship.
