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I came across an interesting proverb while watching an interview of Sir Anthony Hopkins "Today is the tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday".
It helped me to reinstate in my mind what Shri Krishna says in Gita "karm kar phal ki chinta mat kar". We always finally come to realization that we are helpless. We are a flawed species with far too many complexities going around in our minds. Our mind always races to form an image which is based on our prejudices and experiences. Whether it is forming an image that I am smarter than others or believing I will never be able to do "that" thing. The image make us believe that we have the power to change or not to change circumstances surrounding us. But ultimately we are too flawed to be powerful so He blessed us with uncertainty. Not knowing is the biggest gift we have. We are free to try unknown emotions, unknown fields, unknown feelings knowing that outcome is not known from the start. While writing this post I didn't began with an end in mind so I have no idea where I am taking my thoughts. But I do have realized that worrying about an outcome which has not been reached yet is the most foolish thing I can do.
Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj says "Our thoughts would correspond to where our mind is". Our mind can be controlled by our intellect. As the habit of mind is to flutter from place to place. During a problem the most easy way for the mind to go is towards failure. So it becomes mandatory for the intellect to keep the mind on the right track. So there is this constant battle between mind and intellect which unfortunately most of the times the former wins. However the more we can control the mind to be at the right place we can use it's unlimited power to come up with wonders.
It helped me to reinstate in my mind what Shri Krishna says in Gita "karm kar phal ki chinta mat kar". We always finally come to realization that we are helpless. We are a flawed species with far too many complexities going around in our minds. Our mind always races to form an image which is based on our prejudices and experiences. Whether it is forming an image that I am smarter than others or believing I will never be able to do "that" thing. The image make us believe that we have the power to change or not to change circumstances surrounding us. But ultimately we are too flawed to be powerful so He blessed us with uncertainty. Not knowing is the biggest gift we have. We are free to try unknown emotions, unknown fields, unknown feelings knowing that outcome is not known from the start. While writing this post I didn't began with an end in mind so I have no idea where I am taking my thoughts. But I do have realized that worrying about an outcome which has not been reached yet is the most foolish thing I can do.
Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj says "Our thoughts would correspond to where our mind is". Our mind can be controlled by our intellect. As the habit of mind is to flutter from place to place. During a problem the most easy way for the mind to go is towards failure. So it becomes mandatory for the intellect to keep the mind on the right track. So there is this constant battle between mind and intellect which unfortunately most of the times the former wins. However the more we can control the mind to be at the right place we can use it's unlimited power to come up with wonders.
We are hopelessly flawed, but we also possess the capacity to gain knowledge and that is only possible in a human birth.
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