It all depends on the point of view whether you are happy or unhappy that colours all attitudes and opinions.
Ramadas sang about the exploits of Anjaneya in Lanka and while doing so, he mentioned the white lilies of the islands. Anjaneya heard him sing it and immediately took exception to the description. He said that he had never seen a single white flower there; the lilies of Lanka were red, he declared. Ramadas, however, insisted that they were white. Anjaneya got annoyed at the impudence of poets who tried to pit their imagination against a firsthand expert witness and appealed to Rama for intercession.
Rama agreed with Ramadas! He said that Anjaneya saw them red because his eyes were affected by Rajasic anger at the entire Rakshasa brood!
(Quoted from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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