The Way We Live

   It  is so strange that we never know how we live until we reach the fag end of our life. It is only when we look back and assess our life, the way we lived, we will find certain things we never noticed during the days we went through them. For most of us it was just a routine life, for some it was tumultuous, every moment a challenge, and for some it was all joy and happy days! There are some who have never seen success in their life, and some have tragic days through out, with mishaps, failure, and misery to the point of killing oneself! Now, is there any plausible explanation for all these? The Vedantins may simply dismiss these as praraabhda karma. But, it is not so according to those who argue that we are our own masters and create what we want! But, why misery? No answer. Is there any clue? Yes there are plenty of clues, instructions, and guidance in the spiritual texts for a happy, peaceful successful life, particularly in the Gita.

    There are many beautiful doctrines enunciated in the Gita. It says, all the karma action,arise out of desire. So desist desire? The problem is solved. Ashasha paramam duhkham, nirasha paramam sukham! Second, the desire leads to resolve and resolutions become action and their results in theit turn. Everything is hidden in the resolve. So the Lord says, "sarvarambha parityagi, sarva asha parityagi, sarva phala tyagi" is dear to Me! Further, Bhagavan says, "Just trust Me, offer everything to Me and go ahead. Do as you like. I shall take care of you"! Will He save me if I commit crime? Lo!Who is assuring us? Yes, only if it is done in His name, for the universal welfare, but not with a selfish motive? We have seen Prince and Princes killing Kings and coming to throne and say, "King can do no wrong"? But, these days political crimes are punishable by Law. 

   In sum and substance, The jiva arrives here, runs its errands using the Senses driven by the Mind full of desires, dreams, aspirations and ideas, thoughts and forces of karma. Control the Mind, be its master, not a slave and see. The jiva sails through life and merges in Him! The jiva is bestowed with 'free will' and endowed with skills to achieve its desire. But the desire should be to attain to Him, become divine, not to fulfil sensuous desire that are never ending! Once the knowledge brings wisdom and takes to renunciation, the jiva will enjoy here so well that it will not desire to come back. The journey ends!
   The best way to live is to live a simple life. One must realize how all the pomp and glory of great nations and their civilizations, empires and Emperors and Kings, even the great Rulers ultimately ended with a whimper! The world goes on. It's all a creation of our mind and feelings, bhavana..It is bhavanatmikajagat!