Life-Hack#2 from Bhagavad Geeta

Life-Hack#2 from Bhagavad Geeta:

Very often we give millions of excuses to our grief. There is a constant illusion that each of us is blessed with unique problems. To each, his own sorrows seem to have sufficient validity so as to render all sane advise irrelevant. We philosophize our sorrows and talk of lofty ideals while brooding in nasty miseries. 

Strange isn't it that everyone of us says that Happiness is within and still cries for worldly losses? 

Krishna now decides to shake Arjuna out of this hypocritical double standard living, and says: The wise do no keep grieving. 

This is a far reaching statement because it hits straight on Arjuna's self-image. Each of us somewhere believes that we are wiser. Krishna says, well, then don't grieve!

This also leaves us with a yardstick for measuring our own spiritual progress. How does one know if one is becoming spiritually wiser? Watch how often, how quickly and for how long you succumb to sorrow. 

Our ignorance and attachment are directly proportional to our sorrows. 

Our wisdom is directly proportional to our happiness. 

So, this week, let us all decide to just be wise. How? Refuse to be unhappy. Be staunch, stubborn and fanatic about this! Just refuse to be unhappy no matter what! Let's be wise for a week. Let's just be happy!

THINK!

Quote for Today: "If you only feel for life, life is a complete tragedy. If you think about life, life is a comedy." - Swami Chinmayananda

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Life-Hack#1 from Bhagavad Geeta

Bhagawad Geeta is a textbook of life.

Several Masters, leaders, scientists, thinkers and authors have reflected on the Geeta and shared rare and precious insights with all of us.

Our purpose here is not to dive deep into the Geeta because study of the Geeta needs a different mental availability which cannot be assured in this forum at the moment.

But the idea is to cull out a few practical everyday tips from the Geeta. So we are going to call this "Life-hacks from Bhagavad Geeta"!

Life-Hack#1 from Bhagavad Geeta:

Arjuna was an ordinary intelligent young man - bright, noble, weak, jealous, angry, attached, caring, daring, talented, sharp, and most-importantly confused! He stood in the face of one of his life's biggest ever challenges and broke down within minutes into a feat of utter despondency and daze - wondering what to do and what not to be, lamenting over life's ironical paradoxes, complaining about the increasingly blurring lines between what feels right and what is right.

At such a time, Geeta came to his aid. Krishna said something simple at the very outset : Give up your weakness of heart! 

There was no assurance given, no sympathy extended, no motivation meted out. Krishna slammed a hard whip on Arjuna's excuses, dependencies and blame-games. Krishna clarified that Arjuna's suffering, sorrow, confusion was all because of his own weakness of heart. That there was none else to blame - not God, not man, not destiny, not life.

What that means is even more empowering: It means that the onus of our entire life rests on us. I have the remote-control to my happiness or sorrow. And interestingly, i do not need to attain anything to be happy. Happiness already is. I just have to give up being weak.

THINK!

Quote for Today: "To laugh is wisdom, to weep is folly. Refuse to be unhappy." - Swami Chinmayananda

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