Gita reflection Ch 2 verses 1 & 2

 8th February 2024

"Only a weakling, who allows himself to be overpowered by circumstances  can be victimized by the outer happenings" - Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

• The world is strong only when we are weak and when we become strong, the world cannot overpower us
• The world in question includes physical and psychological layers of our personality along with circumstances and people we deal with
• Just as dirt on our shirt is alien to the shirt, and when noticed we no longer wish to wear it, so too weakening thoughts and suicidal tendencies are alien and impurity (कश्मलम्) of the mind. They need to be relinquished at once.
• Patient listening is one of the special qualities of  the wise, that too without hasty judgements!