In fact, there is nothing to be achieved here on this earth, a planet which is dark, ignorant, a death-knell where anything and everything that appears will ultimately disappear! The jivas are the worst sort that are made to suffer from hunger, thirst, ageing, sickness, and death. Thus, there is nothing that gives us joy, happiness, or enjoyable, joyful, and blissful. But, then, one may ask what is the purpose of living? The purpose of life is to live. However, it is not easy to live as one likes and there is a higher spirit that governs the birth, life, and death here. Hence the jiva has to realize the 'higher power' that governs the jiva. Every jiva has a destiny, a destination to reach! The very meaning of 'life' is a journey through space in the space-ship earth. It is a divine order. Every planet, satellite, star and galaxy obey the order. They keep in their tract and move endlessly as along as He, the Lord, desires!
Now, the essence of the teachings of Bhagavan Shree Krishna is only about this creation and ultimate purpose. This upadesha in gita is given to vivasvan, the sun-god. He advises the Surya just to do the assigned work of shining giving light, life-force, energy, intelligence, food and support all that is created! Accordingly, the sun-god is doing his duty. Now the work assigned to soma, the moon is also clear. The moon has to reflect the light of the sun and support life.The earth gets the essence of the sun in moonlight and all vegetation become food to living beings. The Earth is assigned the work of creation, sustenance and dissolution and things work accordingly here. Now, what is the job assigned to manava, the thinking-man?
The human beings are endowed with a powerful tool, the brain (a physical entity made of cells) that can convert the signals received from the space, the mind as akasha. All that we think, desire or aspire, work for come from the signals received from the akasha. Now, what is it we, as human beings, doing here? It is just obeying His orders. We perform actions according to the desire of the Lord. There is nothing we can do, or ever do, without his injunctions, initiations, or prerana, One may do anything that one wants here and such a freedom is given to all. There is no binding whatsoever. Every jiva is independent since the ever-Independent Lord only is seated as the 'Self' of all and breathes, thinks, and works! He alone exists and nothing besides Him!
There is a misunderstanding among the ignorant jivas that the Lord will be angry if we do not do this and that or do anything! There is nothing that one can do without His prerana and, as such, nothing (papa or punya, good or bad) binds us! The only rider is that whatever one does, the person committing or omitting a certain action will have to pay for it. This is 'karmaphala' (enjoying or suffering). There is also a condition that one has to return to earth in some form or the other to suffer or enjoy for any deed, action, performed! So Bhagavan Shree Krishna advises "not to desire and act". Since it is not possible to keep quiet, the jiva is prone to some action and thus, suffers! The Lord says, "The one who does not desire is dear to Me". Even if one desires and does anything, the results will not bind if it is surrendered to Him. Surrender to the divine will and be free! Where is the problem?
Utmost, what a person enjoys or suffers is due to the embodiment. Once the jiva realizes the fact that all that is suffix, affix, or attachment to the soul such as body, senses, mind, buddhi, ahankara, chitta are not the self, but merely the accessories, the job is done. Nothing afflicts the jiva since it is already, inherently, pure, happy, joyful and blissful. Just stay in that mode of a realized Self, jitatmanah, santushtah.
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