Chapter 4 verse 40
“The ignorant, the faithless, the doubting-self goes to
destruction; there is neither this world, nor the other, nor happiness for the
doubter”
We learnt what path leads us to eternal bliss. The Lord
now talks about what path deviates from this Self Knowledge. Even though all
beings over millions if not a billion lives eventually reach their original
state of eternal bliss, people who in their present lives don’t pursue the
Knowledge of the Self, who don’t attempt devotion to the supreme in thoughts
and action goes down a vicious cycle of self destruction. Krishna talks about
this world or other in order to clarify that there is no permanent other world
of heaven or hell. Nothing is permanent outside the eternal Self. He says
happiness or peace also eludes the person who is constantly in self doubt about
the Self and Divine.
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