गिरिये परबत सिखर तो, परिये धरनि मंझार I मूरख मित्र न कीजिए, बूडो काली धार II
There’s no companionship with Fools. The Fool doesn’t make a good friend.
A good friend offers you companionship. They offer you a relationship where there’s mutual learning, and because of that, there’s a mutual increase in freedom. The relationship allows them to gain greater insight into themselves, each other, and the world. If a good friend gives you companionship, a bad friend doesn’t. A bad friend is a Fool, but what is a Fool?, for a Fool is someone who’s self-absorbed. They’re obsessed with their own thoughts. The Fool is attached to their own point of view, and because of that, they’re not going to step into your shoes and look at the world from your point of view. And if you express a point of view that contradicts their own, they’re likely to get angry or ignore it, and they’re definitely not going to try and understand it. Since the Fool doesn’t want to understand you, there is no growth in understanding. And without mutual growth, there’s no companionship. We must not leave friendship up to chance. We must surround ourselves with quality friendships and relationships. It is not just who you know, but how you know who you know that really matters.
"Kabir says, making friendship with Fools is as treacherous as standing at the very edge of a cliff or standing on the ground that may soon turn into a large gaping hole."
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