status

10.03.2026

A: Is honour the same as status?

S: In many ways, yes.

A: But is it the same?

S: I will give a personal example. I have to work for others. That is status. I’m down on the scale. But honour? That is different. Because I have honour.

A: They don’t?

S: Who knows whether they do or not. I don’t concern myself with them. This honour that I have comes from protecting The Mother and improving the world around me, by protecting the planet, Our Earth Mother. By helping so many others.

A: No one gives you this honour except for yourself.

S: It is only my opinion that counts. I am the hero. The hero functions according to a code.

A: Have you lived up to the ideal of the hero?

S: Do you know what the hero is? Who The Tiger lives up to? It is my grandfather. He came to this country from nothing. He struggled against their hate. And despite that, he collected money and built the gurdwara (temple) for our guru, Guru Ravidas. The guru that they can’t accept because he comes from us, the low castes, the Dalits and The Oppressed. He made our community in this place. That is who I live up to. Them? Their hero is Hitler. And the heartless rich, whose skin colour they admire. That is why they have not honour but shame.

A: How does the egoist endure the status given?

S: With scorn for them and not for myself.