The Way To Gain Is To Give Selflessly
Jaya Row
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The Bhagwad Gita is a scientific manual on self-management. It explains the nature of the world, your personality and the technique of right contact with the world. It insulates you from shocks of life and enables you to enjoy the thrills without pain and suffering.The world is a mix of pairs of opposites; it is constantly changing and is unpredictable. In this scenario to count on a fixed pattern that suits you is like expecting to always win at gambling! Assess the world, your surroundings and the people you interact with regularly . Understand all these elements for what they are and accept them. Everyone is bound by their inherent nature and cannot act apart from inborn traits. Once you come to terms with this you will not expect an angry person to be gentle or a hysterical person to be sane. You will know exactly how to deal with them without getting upset.
Look within. What motivates you and drives you to action? How is it that at times you are serene and tranquil, at most times agitated and disturbed, and at still other times lazy and indolent? What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Are you happy being the way you are or do you want to become a better person?
Arjuna, an outstanding warrior, collapses on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, unable to face the war. Krishna, his dear friend and charioteer, delivers the sermon of the Gita that revives and rehabilitates him. Arjuna then fights the battle and wins it! So will you be able to overcome your problems and emerge victorious.
The first lesson the Gita teaches is to act on the sane counsel of the intellect and not on the whims and fancies of the mind. Use your existing intellect.Strengthen it. Think, reflect, question.The mind tricks you, distracts you and eventually destroys you. It is the intellect that keeps you on course.
Fix a goal beyond your limited, self centred interests. Develop a larger world-view. Rise above myopic concerns. Shift from profiteering to offering your talent for benefit of others.Then prosperity will rain down on you. The way to gain is to give. People who think of themselves and make demands on others are miserable. The few who think of others and serve them are happy . When your thought shifts from u' your desires drop and you `me' to `you' your desires drop and you evolve spiritually .
Move from a strongly entrenched feeling of separateness to that of oneness. The Rig Veda speaks of the whole universe being one family . Today you see enemies within the family! Partners are viewed as opponents, benefactors as malefactors. But the spirit of oneness can turn drudgery to revelry , mediocrity to excellence. Loving people are happy .People with negative emotions feel isolated and despondent. Most importantly , oneness paves the way to Enlightenment.
Shankaracharya defined knowledge as nitya anitya viveka vichara reflection on the distinction between the permanent and impermanent. Everything in the world is passing, ephemeral, transient. The wise one does not invest in the world. He looks for the permanent in and through the impermanent. And you merge with the permanent.
Live life wisely. Do not sell yourself short. Go for infinite happiness your birth right. The world will be at your feet.
Look within. What motivates you and drives you to action? How is it that at times you are serene and tranquil, at most times agitated and disturbed, and at still other times lazy and indolent? What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Are you happy being the way you are or do you want to become a better person?
Arjuna, an outstanding warrior, collapses on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, unable to face the war. Krishna, his dear friend and charioteer, delivers the sermon of the Gita that revives and rehabilitates him. Arjuna then fights the battle and wins it! So will you be able to overcome your problems and emerge victorious.
The first lesson the Gita teaches is to act on the sane counsel of the intellect and not on the whims and fancies of the mind. Use your existing intellect.Strengthen it. Think, reflect, question.The mind tricks you, distracts you and eventually destroys you. It is the intellect that keeps you on course.
Fix a goal beyond your limited, self centred interests. Develop a larger world-view. Rise above myopic concerns. Shift from profiteering to offering your talent for benefit of others.Then prosperity will rain down on you. The way to gain is to give. People who think of themselves and make demands on others are miserable. The few who think of others and serve them are happy . When your thought shifts from u' your desires drop and you `me' to `you' your desires drop and you evolve spiritually .
Move from a strongly entrenched feeling of separateness to that of oneness. The Rig Veda speaks of the whole universe being one family . Today you see enemies within the family! Partners are viewed as opponents, benefactors as malefactors. But the spirit of oneness can turn drudgery to revelry , mediocrity to excellence. Loving people are happy .People with negative emotions feel isolated and despondent. Most importantly , oneness paves the way to Enlightenment.
Shankaracharya defined knowledge as nitya anitya viveka vichara reflection on the distinction between the permanent and impermanent. Everything in the world is passing, ephemeral, transient. The wise one does not invest in the world. He looks for the permanent in and through the impermanent. And you merge with the permanent.
Live life wisely. Do not sell yourself short. Go for infinite happiness your birth right. The world will be at your feet.
