The journey from selfishness to selflessness is not an easy one. It requires discipline, sacrifice, patience and courage. Always doing the right thing. Once we start the journey, it is bound to change the way we look and conduct things in our life.
[Many interpretations are already
available on the open source. For the benefit on my readers, I am attempting to
put it together here with my perspective]
This post is an attempt to understand
the teachings from a great scripture Bhagavad Gita. The principles of which are
so relevant even today, even after thousands of years of its inception. The
summary of the eighteen chapters helps and guides us to look through our life
with clarity. For those who follow the principles mentioned it serves as a
guiding beacon on how to conduct life in general. Though there are countless
lessons that the epic book teaches us, these are a few pointers that we can
imbibe them in our day-to-day life:
• Understand
that change is the law of nature: Everything will change, including circumstances,
situation, people etc. We need to be open to new things or people. The only
thing we lack is the right amount of motivation and inspiration for the unique
circumstances that we face. Once we go through the process it becomes our
experience.
• Stay
Calm: Staying calm gives your mind a break that it needs to get out of a
situation and find the best way to react. Our entire knowledge is useless if we
panic. Our anger is the worst enemy that we can face. Being calm helps our mind
to organize our thoughts, apply our knowledge, evaluate the consequences and
find a solution for the problem at hand.
• Be
fearless: Fear is a primordial emotion present in every living being.
Nevertheless, it is important that we step up for what is right, stand up for
the weak. Facing our fear fills us up with a great sense of achievement and
reinforces our capabilities.
• Accept
that things are not permanent: Don’t get overly attached to materialistic
things. They will eventually get destroyed or change. Clinging to things is the
root cause of all miseries.
• Don’t
be selfish: Let go off I, Me and Myself attitude. By working always for the
benefit of others would cause the entire world to help us in our times of need.
• Don’t
think about the consequences too often: Shifting focus on doing a prescribed
task is of utmost importance than worrying about the outcome itself.
• You
came empty handed and you’ll leave empty handed: This is the universal law. The
good name that we earn doing good deeds for others, during our lifetime, is the
only thing that lives beyond us.
• Man
is made up of his belief: If we think we cannot accomplish a task, we have lost
the battle before it has even started. Do not doubt yourself, put genuine
efforts though.
These principles, when imbibed as a way
of life, are sure to transform the very quality of our life for good. They
never fail to guide us through the right path whenever we face lack of clarity
in a situation.
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