Vision Of Gita How To Live In This World
At a given time a person seems to be a slave to his habits, nature and Laddictions-but has conditioned nis mind to act in a particular way. It is s if he has taped a certain song on the cassette of his mind, which he keeps playing again and again. Instead, we heed to change our thinking and change our attitude, thereby gradually eading to a change in our actions. Actions performed with the right attitude will eventually lead to a change our nature. Our problem is that we are under the sway of likes and dislikes and we always want to do things that we like and avoid hinges that we dislike. Thus, we are constantly under the control of our minds. Bhagavan says, 'Do not come infer their sway!' These two are the outers on the path to liberation when you act according to your likes and dislikes then you are easily swayed by joy and sorrow, happiness and unhappiness. Therefore, remove these songs of likes and dislikes and sing the song of great devotion instead, which will take you on the path to liberation. Most of the time we feel helpless about our habits and addiction, saying, 'Iam helpless what can I do?" But Bhagavan says very practically that you have created this helplessness by coming under the sway of likes and dislikes; however, He does not tell you not to have likes and dislikes because that would be impossible. If, for example, you overeat Whenyou see some food that you like and then throw a tantrum when presented with food that you do not like-such behaviour is called 'acting under the influence of likes and dislikes'. You should eat in moderation and act in moderation as well. Even if you see one person whom you dislike and another whom you like, you should not develop intense hatred for one and intense love for the other-you should be able to control your emotions. Now the question is, how is it possible not to come under the sway of likes and dislikes. The answer is-you should stay firm in the abidance of your duties. While you firmly abide in your duty -your Dharma-you do exactly what you are supposed to do. and you perform actions irrespective of whether you like or dislike them. Once you do that, your life comes under your control and youare no longer a slave to your mind. Our problem is that we are under the sway of desire. It is desire that makes us commit sin and prevents us from doing our duty, thus making our undesirable nature stronger and stronger. A typical example is an addiction to something harmful, sucas smoking or drugs. We start this initially out of curiosity-as a joy or pleasure-but after a while this habibecomes so strong that we are unable let go of it even though we try. Eventually the whole chemistry of the body changes and it starts to demand that object; then, even thougwe know that it is harmful, we feel helplessly unable to stop, we ourselvhave created these addictions and we are the only ones who can release ourselves from them. Just like addiction at the physic level, there is also addiction at the me level, such as when we feel compellecour nature to become angry, jealous greedy. But we can change our naturand our behaviour with the right thing, steadfastness in duty, devotion, right attitude and the right vision. (Swami Tejomayananda will be Kolkata from December1-7.)
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Courtesy: Swami Tejomayananda and Speaking Tree ,Times of India
Vision Of Gita How To Live In This World
At a given time a person seems to be a slave to his habits, nature and Laddictions-but has conditioned nis mind to act in a particular way. It is s if he has taped a certain song on the cassette of his mind, which he keeps playing again and again. Instead, we heed to change our thinking and change our attitude, thereby gradually eading to a change in our actions. Actions performed with the right attitude will eventually lead to a change our nature. Our problem is that we are under the sway of likes and dislikes and we always want to do things that we like and avoid hinges that we dislike. Thus, we are constantly under the control of our minds. Bhagavan says, 'Do not come infer their sway!' These two are the outers on the path to liberation when you act according to your likes and dislikes then you are easily swayed by joy and sorrow, happiness and unhappiness. Therefore, remove these songs of likes and dislikes and sing the song of great devotion instead, which will take you on the path to liberation. Most of the time we feel helpless about our habits and addiction, saying, 'Iam helpless what can I do?" But Bhagavan says very practically that you have created this helplessness by coming under the sway of likes and dislikes; however, He does not tell you not to have likes and dislikes because that would be impossible. If, for example, you overeat Whenyou see some food that you like and then throw a tantrum when presented with food that you do not like-such behaviour is called 'acting under the influence of likes and dislikes'. You should eat in moderation and act in moderation as well. Even if you see one person whom you dislike and another whom you like, you should not develop intense hatred for one and intense love for the other-you should be able to control your emotions. Now the question is, how is it possible not to come under the sway of likes and dislikes. The answer is-you should stay firm in the abidance of your duties. While you firmly abide in your duty -your Dharma-you do exactly what you are supposed to do. and you perform actions irrespective of whether you like or dislike them. Once you do that, your life comes under your control and youare no longer a slave to your mind. Our problem is that we are under the sway of desire. It is desire that makes us commit sin and prevents us from doing our duty, thus making our undesirable nature stronger and stronger. A typical example is an addiction to something harmful, sucas smoking or drugs. We start this initially out of curiosity-as a joy or pleasure-but after a while this habibecomes so strong that we are unable let go of it even though we try. Eventually the whole chemistry of the body changes and it starts to demand that object; then, even thougwe know that it is harmful, we feel helplessly unable to stop, we ourselvhave created these addictions and we are the only ones who can release ourselves from them. Just like addiction at the physic level, there is also addiction at the me level, such as when we feel compellecour nature to become angry, jealous greedy. But we can change our naturand our behaviour with the right thing, steadfastness in duty, devotion, right attitude and the right vision. (Swami Tejomayananda will be Kolkata from December1-7.)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Tejomayananda 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: Swami Tejomayananda and Speaking Tree ,Times of India