Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Gita reflection Ch 4 verses 37 & 38

24th April 2024


  • One spark is enough to burn an entire log of dry wood to ashes because the fire is hidden within the wood itself. 
  • Similarly, Self-Awareness is present within everyone, although it is hidden and unmanifest. 
  • Self-knowledge is like a spark that brings forth the hidden Self-Awareness, and through this realization, all actions born of desires will burn to ashes. 
  • Refining one's personality through Self-knowledge is an irreversible process. One will burn the bridge behind oneself through this knowledge. 
  • Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji wisely said, "Take one step at a time. You may not even see the next step until you are ready. But when you are, in due course of time, the next one will appear, and the previous one will disappear!"


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