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What does it mean?
Religious or spiritual recognition often fades when immediate threats disappear.
In plain terms
People forget God when danger is gone.
What can you take from it?
Maintain gratitude beyond crisis moments.

Where it applies

  • post-crisis recovery
  • peaceful times
  • daily life

Putting it to work

  • practice consistent gratitude
  • reflect regularly
  • maintain rituals

Questions to consider

  • How does safety affect your spiritual habits?
  • What reminders keep faith alive in peace?

Another view

Not all spiritual practice depends on crisis.

More from Mahatma Gandhi

  1. All become one in face of the common danger.

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  3. Justice can be won quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

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