From helpless victim to triumphant victor

From helpless victim to triumphant victor

Do you want to live a happy, exuberant life or be stressed out? Do you want to be a triumphant victor or helpless victim of the world?

The Bhagwad Gita as an invaluable guide helps you drive past your own barriers, rise to your potential, and achieve excellence. It helps revive the body, inspire the mind and reconnect with the Spirit. It confers power and makes you self-sufficient. Then problems disappear and you have a smooth journey through life. Krishna helped Arjuna win a battle that he was least prepared for. So will you emerge, too, triumphant in the battle of life with knowledge of the Gita.

When you lack inner strength, every little thing overwhelms you. Gain inner reserves and you will become immune to external challenges. Start by turning your gaze inward. Understand yourself. Put your energy into growing, not griping! The Gita provides a clear pathway to navigate the inner world and arrive at your destination. Your outer personality is the body that perceives and acts. The inner personality consists of mind and intellect, often at loggerheads with each other! The real you is the Spirit, Atman. The body perceives and acts.

The mind is the emotional, irrational, indecisive aspect. The intellect is the discriminative, rational and decisive part of you. Spirit is that which gives life, energises and empowers you. It is the abode of infinite bliss and peace. Body, mind and intellect are matter. They are affected by the world. Spirit is free, uninfluenced by the world. Identify with body, mind, intellect, you will be a helpless victim. Shift your attention to Spirit, and you are triumphant Lord!

The Gita enables you to enjoy the world as well as rise above it. You want to enjoy life. You believe the more you have, the more you will enjoy. But, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. The more you indulge, the less you enjoy. The Gita prescribes regulated contact with sense objects. Scan your sensual cravings through the intellect. Then you enjoy fully till the last day of your life.

You want success but often meet with failure. The Gita prescribes the formula for success by which you will succeed even in a falling market! Identify your talent, the special gift you were born with. Fix a higher ideal in that field. Work with the attitude of giving. Prosperity will come to you as the unintended side effect.

For fulfilling relationships, love your family without expectations. Accept them as they are, not as you would like them to be. Then they will adore you. Life becomes thrilling!

As you evolve spiritually, you will naturally gain more. Everything in the world is transient, passing, ephemeral. Acquire the world, possess it, and enjoy it by all means. But never depend on it. In a flooded village, a man who could not swim manages to climb a tree. A few minutes later a bird sits on the neighbouring branch. Both man and bird are sitting on the tree. However, if the branch breaks the man is dead while the bird takes off on its wings. The Gita provides internal wings. Live in the world, transact with it, enjoy it. When things go wrong just take off ! The Gita provides the ultimate insurance in life.