DOING OUR DUTY THINKING OF GOD

We are living in a complex world, with many happenings, joys and sorrows are uncertain to rich and poor alike. No body knows what is in store for anybody; many predictions by learned Pundits cannot change the events, which are in store for us. The though of in Essays on the speaks the life defined in few words as one sees it as mystery, or one speaks of it as or hears of it as a Mystery, but none know it (GITA II -29.) At the glimpse of the sentence it may look simple but teaches us so many things, if we think in deep consciousness at the it is amazing, if we have belief in the , as some describe as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all. The verse may also be interpreted in this manner: he that sees, hears and speaks of the Self is a wonderful man. Such a man is very rare. He is one among many thousands. Therefore, the Self is very hard to understand. If we understand essence of , the easiest process for understanding the subject matter of self, however, is to accept the statements of the spoken by the greatest authority, Lord Krishna without being deviated by other theories. But it also requires a great deal of penance and sacrifice, either in this life or in the previous ones, before one is able to realize the power of teachings in GITA. Today religion and divinity are misused with political and economic considerations. People are so engrossed in subject matters for sense gratification that they have very little time to understand the question of self-understanding, even though it is a fact that without this self-understanding all activities result in ultimate defeat in the struggle for existence. Perhaps they have no idea that one must think of the soul, and thus make a solution to the material miseries. God cannot make us rich or poor, and only show the path to

complete the Journey of life with confidence, dignity and attain salvation. We all wish to attain the salvation through so many approaches, many of us are inclined to hear about the be by attending lectures, in good association, but sometimes, owing to ignorance, they are misguided by acceptance of the Super soul and the atomic soul as one without distinction of magnitude. It is very difficult to find a man who perfectly understands the position of the the atomic soul, their respective functions and relationships and all other major and minor details. And it is still more difficult to find a man who has actually derived full benefit from knowledge of the and who is able to describe the position of the in different aspects. But if, somehow or other, one is able to understand the subject matter of the then one's life is successful. Many great humans have attained the Sainthood by selfrealizing though listening to their ; Listening requires that the mind is engaged in interpreting the senses. For the purposes of this explanation we shall consider 'listening' to our senses, to be part of thinking. This is of course only a convenient definition, since certain aspects of listening or seeking information will necessitate action that could not easily be described as thinking. We all live in an driven world, the teaches us to deal with the subject in many modes of material nature, Every conflict in gain creates anxiety We should Rise above these modes, be transcendental to all of them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the Self. For those wise men that are integrated by the soul, who have renounced the fruit that is born of works, these will be freed from the bondage of life birth and death and fare to that region that knows no ill. If we look for an answer to how a spiritual man should behave towards other people we find some general qualities like being . In the entire book of the no mention is made of brotherly love and all that it includes, like helping our brothers in faith in their spiritual growth and endeavoring for people that they find the path to salvation. Instead one should

meditate alone, being aware of the right or wrong body posture. Without thinking whether it is right or wrong

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