With respect to delusions, people generally fall into three categories: those who are afflicted with intense delusions who are very negative; ordinary beings who have delusions but are less negative than those of the first category; and ‘good-natured’ people with few delusions.
Ordinarily when you meet a person with intense delusion all you want to do is make space between you. In contrast, a person who is practicing mind training, holds such a person dear. How is a relationship established between a spiritual practitioner and a very coarse person? The spiritual practitioner becomes occupied with the thought of taking away the person’s negativity. And he thinks of giving the person all of his good qualities: his love, his happiness and his peace.
The person who practices mind training considers a person of coarse character as a precious being to be helped and nurtured. If you were always in good situations, you would lack opportunity for genuine spiritual practice. A true practitioner sees difficult people as the very objective of spiritual practice.