The Gita teaches the art of living and striving.

Dear chith,
Another usefulpost .The following lines identify my mental condition. Yes, sometimes I feel I am a coward unable to boldly carry out decisions.------
When we are mentally dejected, our intellect discovers convincing arguments to justify our cowardice. We start painting white our dark inner depressions. Arjuna also goes through the foolish convulsions of a psychologically broken personality--------.
Regards,
meenu

 

Dear Chithra
Thanks for the reply with example you gave to Vysan. it very well explains the problem concept. unfortuately we get caught up in the problem so much that we cannot see through it or beyond it. thanks for the wonderful example.

 

Dear Chithra..

How true!! That the Gita indeed teaches us the art of living and striving !
I can absolutely relate to it.
We are pulled in different directions in life, not just because of our 'fickle' indecisions, but also 'cos of peer pressure and societal expectations. But our 'siilly minds' always expects social acceptance rather than self-determination
Perhaps, this is where parents, close siblings, life partner, close friend etc play a role....they are the ones who r most likely to accept one as he / she is, even if one doesnt measure upto 'society's' expectation levels..

Anyway, I think I have deviated from the main topic..
The gist I think would be to be less affected by external factors and be peaceful from within ...and that is what Gita is teaching us..

Thanks for enlightening us through your wonderful article..

Love
Pavithra

 

An excellent post reinforcing Gita way of life as the only was to accomplish development and progress!!! Above all, your response to Vysan was more thought provoking..!

Looking forward to the second chapter.

-Gayathri.

 

Mrs. Chitvish,
Nice post once again.
What more to say, we are always in the Arjuna's state of mind when any problem arises, not able to find a solution to it.
Rightly said that we give lot of excuses to justify our cowardice.
Gita offers solutions to all walks of life. It is true.
It is better we make our children learn at their early age and have self-faith to achieve greater things in life.
waiting for the 2nd chapter.
Sriniketan

 

Dear Chithra,

Excellent write up as usual ! This time, I see you have pointedly referred to the youth while mentioning the practicality and usefulness of Gita in everyday life ! Yes, Gita is not bound by age, its philosophy is about living..whether by young or old.
I particularly enjoyed your post to Vysan. How true, we are never satiated. Once we get something, we aspire for something else and more. Mind is a monkey and it needs to be rested first.
"The problem is you-The solution is you." Very true. But we have to have the necessary maturity to see this great truth and act on it. I don't think that is easy....

L, Kamla