Individual Is Unique – In Gita Verse 14.15 When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom.
Embrace your innate ordinariness with joy, as Krishna guides us in the Bhagavad Gita. When we fail to recognise our ignorance, we not only perpetuate our errors but also deepen our sufferings. We chase shadows, imitating others, accumulating knowledge and following the masses, yet we seldom turn inward.
It is not the fiery clasp of passion nor the dense fog of ignorance that should command our lives. Unchain your spirit from attachments that passion lures you into. Rise above the bestial existence defined by mere survival – the eating, sleeping, and procreating that ignorance confines you to.
Disregard concerns of what may come beyond this life and awaken to liberate yourself from your current afflictions. Let go of passions and confront your ignorance. Remind yourself of your uniqueness; a uniqueness that Existence itself has honoured. You, just as you are, are desired by the cosmos.
The splendour of existence celebrates this uniqueness; no two expressions of life are identical. Don’t squander your singularity by pursuing ephemeral goals or the illusions of the horizon. That which consistently recedes with your approach.
Recognise that in your quest for extraordinariness, you miss the beauty of being ordinary. There lies a paradox; in trying to become, you lose what you inherently are. Time, life, and potential seep away as you chase horizons that eternally elude you, leaving behind a legacy of despair and unfulfillment.
Ordinary is not a state to achieve – it is a state to realise. Look at nature: animals, birds, trees. None strive to be ordinary; they simply are. Humankind alone has fallen victim to the philosophy of becoming, a philosophy that has turned our existence into a relentless pursuit of unreachable ideals.
Drop the notion of moulding yourself to emulate prophets and sages. Existence doesn’t care for clones; it creates only originals. It doesn’t operate a production line churning out Jesuses, Buddhas, or Mahaviras – it celebrates diversity in its creation.
Resisting the allure of this very foundation, the idea of becoming, has shaped an illusory world where suffering, anxiety, and despair reign. Religions across the ages have ensnared humans with the idea of reaching some higher state of being, promising an elusive reward that keeps well beyond our grasp.
There are countless individuals who come to the realisation of life’s missed beauty only at its end. Engrossed in ‘becoming’, they overlooked ‘being’. Now standing at death’s door, they sense the profound loss – a life unlived, unexamined, and uncelebrated.
Krishna’s message is subversive in its simplicity. To be ordinary is to be free from the snares of religious strategies, theological constructs, and political ideologies. To be ordinary is to be unexploitable, guiltless, and true to oneself.
Remember, you are not lacking in intelligence, strength, or capability. The only absurdity lies in the attempt to become something you are not, and, indeed, cannot be. Reflect upon the dog in pursuit of its tail – a chase with no end, until the realisation dawns that efforts are futile.
Don’t cast ordinariness as an elusive goal. There is no leader to follow, no higher state to reach, no habit to change to match an ideal. History stands as a testament that no one has ever succeeded in becoming anyone else – an echo of universal failure that fortifies the wisdom of merely being.
Krishna’s insistence to embrace ordinariness unclutters your existence. To live is your religion – here and now, unconditionally, unqualified by philosophy or science. His message resonates with the profound simplicity of just being who you are.
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