Give And You Gain, Grab And You Lose
Sometimes you are incredibly good and divine. At other times, almost against your wish, the demon in you surfaces and you become vicious and hurtful. Which is the real you? We all have the devil in us; some- thing that makes us pursue self- destructive ways. Yet, even the worst among us has extraordinarily divine traits. The Bhagwad Gita in Chapter 16 speaks of davit, divine and asu- rim, demonic qualities. It is easy and pleasant to take to the demonic. The divine path is uphill and unpleasant inthebeginning. The Gita helps us steer clear of the evil in us and focus on the good. Chapter 16 enumerates 26 qualities of the divine and six traits of the demonic. Fearlessness, purity of heart and charity are some of the divine quail- ties enlisted. Fear arises from ignorance, selfishness, viciousness and a sense of otherness. Prahlada, the child, was fearless against the might of his father Hiranyakashipu. Yet the most wealthy and powerful in the world are fearful! Purity of heart comes with freedom from selfishness and desire. Get inspired with a higher ideal and lower desires lose their grip on you. And objects of desire come to you unsought. When Nachiketas wanted Realisation the pleasures and wealth of heaven were offered to him! Charity comes from recognising the infinite benevolence of nature. Charity is paying dividend to the stakeholders in your success. It is an attitude of giving-to all, at all times and in all circumstances. You become rich by what you give. The attitude of grabbing impoverishes you. The basic difference between the divine and demonic is knowledge. The divine have access to higher knowledge while the demonic, deluded by greed, lust and ego, are ignorant of their potential. They are confused about what to do and what motto. They are impure and lack good conduct. Resorting to insatiable desire, of scant discrimination and savage deeds, such people cause destruction to themselves and others. You are a combination of matter and Spirit. You know only matter. You have no inkling of the Spirit in you. Yet because Atman, Spirit, isour original nature It makes Its presence felt. Thus you attribute the glory, splendour and grandeur of Atman to your individual personality. Worse still, you the project the dependence, weak- ness mind and and finitude of intellect to the Atman. Theway out is knowledge Knowledge of the distinction between matter and Spirit. Then confusion ends. Misery and grief vanish. You get established in happiness. It all begins with a thought. Believe, wrongly, that acquisition worldly objects will fill the void. Give in to sensual pleasures. Havindescribed the perils of yielding to devilish tendencies. Krishna urgeto free yourself from the three gatdarkness-desire, anger and greecAnger and greed are mutations of sire. When desire is fulfilled it leadgreed. When desire is obstructed get angry. Thus, either way desire to mental agitation. Everyone saffron the disease of 'more'. Nobodunderstands the devastating effecdesire, your greatest enemy. Theta your soul are kept shut and you and die without so much as a glamor your own power and magnificerIf you follow your divine natured yourself good and uplift others well. You live a life of success and pines and eventually transcendtlworld to attain liberation.
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Give And You Gain, Grab And You Lose
Sometimes you are incredibly good and divine. At other times, almost against your wish, the demon in you surfaces and you become vicious and hurtful. Which is the real you? We all have the devil in us; some- thing that makes us pursue self- destructive ways. Yet, even the worst among us has extraordinarily divine traits. The Bhagwad Gita in Chapter 16 speaks of davit, divine and asu- rim, demonic qualities. It is easy and pleasant to take to the demonic. The divine path is uphill and unpleasant inthebeginning. The Gita helps us steer clear of the evil in us and focus on the good. Chapter 16 enumerates 26 qualities of the divine and six traits of the demonic. Fearlessness, purity of heart and charity are some of the divine quail- ties enlisted. Fear arises from ignorance, selfishness, viciousness and a sense of otherness. Prahlada, the child, was fearless against the might of his father Hiranyakashipu. Yet the most wealthy and powerful in the world are fearful! Purity of heart comes with freedom from selfishness and desire. Get inspired with a higher ideal and lower desires lose their grip on you. And objects of desire come to you unsought. When Nachiketas wanted Realisation the pleasures and wealth of heaven were offered to him! Charity comes from recognising the infinite benevolence of nature. Charity is paying dividend to the stakeholders in your success. It is an attitude of giving-to all, at all times and in all circumstances. You become rich by what you give. The attitude of grabbing impoverishes you. The basic difference between the divine and demonic is knowledge. The divine have access to higher knowledge while the demonic, deluded by greed, lust and ego, are ignorant of their potential. They are confused about what to do and what motto. They are impure and lack good conduct. Resorting to insatiable desire, of scant discrimination and savage deeds, such people cause destruction to themselves and others. You are a combination of matter and Spirit. You know only matter. You have no inkling of the Spirit in you. Yet because Atman, Spirit, isour original nature It makes Its presence felt. Thus you attribute the glory, splendour and grandeur of Atman to your individual personality. Worse still, you the project the dependence, weak- ness mind and and finitude of intellect to the Atman. Theway out is knowledge Knowledge of the distinction between matter and Spirit. Then confusion ends. Misery and grief vanish. You get established in happiness. It all begins with a thought. Believe, wrongly, that acquisition worldly objects will fill the void. Give in to sensual pleasures. Havindescribed the perils of yielding to devilish tendencies. Krishna urgeto free yourself from the three gatdarkness-desire, anger and greecAnger and greed are mutations of sire. When desire is fulfilled it leadgreed. When desire is obstructed get angry. Thus, either way desire to mental agitation. Everyone saffron the disease of 'more'. Nobodunderstands the devastating effecdesire, your greatest enemy. Theta your soul are kept shut and you and die without so much as a glamor your own power and magnificerIf you follow your divine natured yourself good and uplift others well. You live a life of success and pines and eventually transcendtlworld to attain liberation.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Jaya Row and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Jaya Row and Speaking Tree,Times of India