Nature Of Life – In Gita Verse 2.22 As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.
Embracing Change: The Key to Bliss as Taught by Krishna
In the sacred script of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna addresses the immutable law of Change.
Suffering stems from our resistance to the natural flow of life. Our clinging to static moments breeds misery. Take love, for instance: if you are enamored by someone today, the desire to possess them identically tomorrow is a source of potential agony. For who can guarantee the next moment, let alone the morrow?
The individual steeped in awareness understands that life’s only constant is change. This existence, with its myriad seasons and temperaments, is in perpetual motion. To be at peace, one must not merely accept but embrace this dynamic continuum. When you relinquish the yearning for permanency, you open yourself to bliss that is untouchable. Then, and only then, is every moment one of unadulterated joy, beyond the reach of disturbance.
The Fear of Change: As surely as change is the essence of life, it is equally the harbinger of fear, ushering us into the unknown. It is the static, the lifeless, that breeds comfort and a falsely perceived security. Take for instance a rock; its stillness is reassuring. But imagine it beginning to stir – suddenly, the stone becomes a symbol of trepidation.
To evade this fear, many construct a life of stasis, a routine so meticulously devoid of change it could be mistaken for a grave. There’s a perverse comfort in the familiarity of the same photographs, the same walls, the same worn slippers. Any deviation from this routine becomes unthinkable. Yet, in this steadfastness, one inadvertently surrenders to a living death.
When you embark on the inward odyssey, venturing into the vastness of your soul, you’ll confront the full spectrum of life, including its inherent tremors of fear. Face them. Over time, you’ll not only adapt but also learn to relish the vitality that change injects into existence. Like a river coursing towards the boundless sea, you too can flow towards infinite possibility.
Arjuna, consumed by his logical reasonings, demonstrated an all-too-human dread of change. He preferred the devil he knew, the misery ordained by the Kauravas, over the uncertainty that accompanies freedom.
Reflect upon your life. Recall the stagnation, the suffocation of body, mind, and spirit when you resisted change. You chose the familiarity of servitude over the risk of liberty.
Through the eternal wisdom of Krishna, we are urged to permit change, to accept that superficial fluctuations are the dance of life. Yet, beneath these ripples lies the unchangeable essence of our being – the soul, the eternal self that yearns for freedom, demanding we relinquish a life dictated by others. Allow the Change – for in its wake, lies true freedom.
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