Sunday, August 23, 2009
Thoughts & feelings on " The Bhagavad Gita"
This is a continuous blog from the start of "The Bhagavad Gita" to the end. As I travel through the words of the Gita I will share my thoughts and feelings on the subject matter. I will mini post with dates on when I write about what I have read.
8/23/09
I a reading the introduction which is hard to get through because of its dissertation like style it is written in.
8/24/09
Chapter 1
In this chapter we see the conflict of one's Ego. Clouded by his sense of justice he does not see what or who he is battling until he looks at the opponent who is filled with his family and friends. He realizes that it is not a fight for justice but that of the interests of himself, his brothers, and his party, for the possession and enjoyment and rule.
Reading further I come to the point where I am looking at the situation in the Gita and relating it to struggles that I face internally. The battle that rages in all of us with one's Ego and Egoless, or you could say one's pride or vision of what is right.
"It is to have the soul free from craving and attachment, but free from the attachment to inaction as well as from the egoistic impulse to action, free from attachment to the forms of virtue as well as from the attraction to sin. It is to be rid of the 'I-ness' and the 'my-ness' so as to live in the one Self and act in the one Self."
What is it to live in the one Self I wondered? Is it to live inward with oneself and be only concerned with one's own self and nothing more.
"To live in the Self is not to dwell for oneself alone in the Infinite immersed and oblivious of all things in that ocean of impersonal self-delight; but it is to live as the Self and in the Self equal in this embodiments and beyond all embodiments. This is the integral knowledge."
As I read a long we find that to live in the Self is not to be alone but to live as equal to all things not to place ourselves above anything or anyone. To live in the Self what is needed? I believe the faith to see what is behind our own veil of ethical illusion, the illusion of self-righteousness. This is needed before one can reconcile the storm that rages with in each of us. In this world there is chaos all around us and we need to realise that the Divine is all of these he is death and life, Destroyer and the friend. We must say to ourselves " Though Thou slay me, Yet will I trust in Thee." that is true faith in which you trust the most in the one that can take away from you what is most important at any time. Not only is that true with faith in the Divine but that of lovers and friends. But, why is it easier to have faith in what is tangible like lovers and friends, and not that of the Divine, God, the One, the Everything? Is it because that we trust our eyes over our heart, our knowing? Do we push what we feel to be true aside for what we see and know to be true with our mind? When we can start to feel what is right and not discard it we can find peace and start to live in the Self.
8/23/09
I a reading the introduction which is hard to get through because of its dissertation like style it is written in.
8/24/09
Chapter 1
In this chapter we see the conflict of one's Ego. Clouded by his sense of justice he does not see what or who he is battling until he looks at the opponent who is filled with his family and friends. He realizes that it is not a fight for justice but that of the interests of himself, his brothers, and his party, for the possession and enjoyment and rule.
Reading further I come to the point where I am looking at the situation in the Gita and relating it to struggles that I face internally. The battle that rages in all of us with one's Ego and Egoless, or you could say one's pride or vision of what is right.
"It is to have the soul free from craving and attachment, but free from the attachment to inaction as well as from the egoistic impulse to action, free from attachment to the forms of virtue as well as from the attraction to sin. It is to be rid of the 'I-ness' and the 'my-ness' so as to live in the one Self and act in the one Self."
What is it to live in the one Self I wondered? Is it to live inward with oneself and be only concerned with one's own self and nothing more.
"To live in the Self is not to dwell for oneself alone in the Infinite immersed and oblivious of all things in that ocean of impersonal self-delight; but it is to live as the Self and in the Self equal in this embodiments and beyond all embodiments. This is the integral knowledge."
As I read a long we find that to live in the Self is not to be alone but to live as equal to all things not to place ourselves above anything or anyone. To live in the Self what is needed? I believe the faith to see what is behind our own veil of ethical illusion, the illusion of self-righteousness. This is needed before one can reconcile the storm that rages with in each of us. In this world there is chaos all around us and we need to realise that the Divine is all of these he is death and life, Destroyer and the friend. We must say to ourselves " Though Thou slay me, Yet will I trust in Thee." that is true faith in which you trust the most in the one that can take away from you what is most important at any time. Not only is that true with faith in the Divine but that of lovers and friends. But, why is it easier to have faith in what is tangible like lovers and friends, and not that of the Divine, God, the One, the Everything? Is it because that we trust our eyes over our heart, our knowing? Do we push what we feel to be true aside for what we see and know to be true with our mind? When we can start to feel what is right and not discard it we can find peace and start to live in the Self.
First Post!
The first post! Well I guess that I will use this post to kind of let you know what I will be blogging about. I will have posts on different aspects of my life as I post. I will be posting blogs on books I am reading, life situations, thoughts, jokes, friends & family, reviews on entertainment I partake in, and journeys I embark on. I look forward to all for you to follow me along on my journey through life.
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