Self-Discipline – In Gita Verse 2.35 The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you insignificant.
In the sacred scripture of life and wisdom, Krishna speaks to us through the Gita, signalling a journey that transcends the battlegrounds of our external existence and transports us to the tranquil realms of inner sanctity. This odyssey from the cacophony of ego to the silence of our authentic self is a pilgrimage of awakening, a testament to the enduring spirit within each soul.
Krishna elucidates that the essence of our dignity, our true worth, is not a gift from the external but rather is cultivated from the fertile grounds of our own inner consciousness.
As we stand in the field of life, akin to Arjuna, we are often besieged by a labyrinth of choices. Beware not of the impulse to retreat in fear, but of the dormant unconsciousness that tempts us into oblivion.
Self-discipline, that noble quality revered and sought after, blossoms naturally from a life lived in conscious awareness. It does not demand imposition but emerges, pure and untethered, like a river that serenely carves its own passage. Meditation is the sacred source from which such clarity and flow derive.
Meditation is the sublime art of being – a celebration of presence, awareness, and a surrender to the sublime state of non-action. It is within this sanctum that you discern the nature of true discipline – not an entity to be adopted, but an innate fragrance that blooms effortlessly within you.
You are enjoined, not to chain meditation within the confines of discipline, but to allow discipline to unfurl from the meditative depths like a lotus reaching towards the sun. From this space of insight, every action becomes a pure response, life itself turns into a fluid dance of spontaneous being.
A true meditator stands in the gaze of existence seeking no accolade or recompense. His actions are but reflections of his essence – a mirror held up to the soul. As effortlessly as the sun casts its warmth upon the earth, so too does the meditatively disciplined soul act, without a penchant for gain, reveling solely in the joy of natural existence and unconditional sharing.
Krishna directs us – not only the Arjuna within, but to every spirit embroiled in life’s fray – towards an awakening beyond social reputation or egoistic pride. For the true battleground lies within the vastness of consciousness, and victory is found in the realisation of our inherent, luminous nature.
We, like Arjuna, are the latent warriors of light, destined not to don armour for battle but to emanate a radiance from the enlightened core of our being.
Thus, let us not impose discipline upon ourselves or others; instead, let us partake of the divine nectar of meditation. For in its sacred embrace, we will find self-discipline in its most potent and natural form – as an expression of our truest selves, flowing with the grace and ease of existence itself.
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