Chapter 3 verse 31
“Those men, who constantly practice
this teaching of Mine, full of faith and without complaining, they too, are
freed from actions”
‘Why me?’ is the constant
complaint we hear ourselves say. As far one knows, we have done no harm to
anyone in this life but why am I suffering? Why should I work for a ‘terrible’
boss? Why should I suffer through this dreadful illness? Why does the world
have to go through this difficult corona virus times? Why? Why? No answers to
these questions one might wonder. One needs to have faith in the divine order.
This verse in my opinion enumerates the link between “Bhakti-devotion” and “karma-action”.
Action done with 100% faith in the divine order without complaining, hope,
doership, mental agitations and centered on the Self would ensure stress less existence
and slowly but surely exhaust all previous tendencies in the person and help
realize the Self. As my Guruji recently said, the best response to corona virus
situation is doing your action with compassion and with care for the world. Age
old wisdom for all times including current times. Let’s learn the lesson nature
is teaching us right now. If we don’t, we are condemned to repeat the class…
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