Let my desire for you drive away all my other desires (2.72)
Bhagavad Gita 2.72 eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati "This is the state divine, the goal of life's [...]
Let my unnatural desire be replaced by natural desire (2.71)
Bhagavad Gita 2.71 vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānś carati niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati "Who gives up desires and walks untied, Free from [...]
Let my consciousness become like an unshakable ocean (2.70)
Bhagavad Gita 2.70 āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī "As rivers rush into the [...]
Gita 01.34 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.34 To Retaliate And Cause Death Requires Courage But To Not Retaliate At The Cost Of Ones Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-34-to-retaliate-and-cause-death-requires-courage-but-to-not-retaliate-at-the-cost-of-ones-own-death-requires-greater-courage/ mātulāḥ [...]
Gita 01.34 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.34 - Arjuna's Evolved Emotion And Reason Ready To Be Raised To The Summit By Gita Wisdom Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-34-arjunas-evolved-emotion-and-reason-ready-to-be-raised-to-the-summit-by-gita-wisdom/ mātulāḥ [...]
Gita 01.29 – Explanation 1
Gita 01.29 Know Which Emotion Is Mental And Which Spiritual Not Just By Content But Also By Context Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-29-know-which-emotion-is-mental-and-which-spiritual-not-just-by-content-but-also-by-context-and-consequence/ vepathuś [...]
Gita 01.29 – Explanation 2
Gita 01.29 – The inner attack of emotions does what no outer attack of enemies could have done Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-01-29-the-inner-attack-of-emotions-does-what-no-outer-attack-of-enemies-could-have-done/ vepathuś [...]
Feeling better or healing better?
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Does surrender mean that God manages our life for us?
The Bhagavad-gita begins and ends with surrender. But these two forms of surrender are significantly different. The initial surrender in 2.7 happens when Arjuna acknowledges [...]
Krishna is present in the present
The Bhagavad-gita (12.8) states that those whose mind and intelligence are absorbed in Krishna live in Krishna already. The emphasis is that Krishna is not [...]
Get off the slippery slope of random inner desires
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Are we in charge of our inner world?
The Bhagavad Gita (6.6) warns us that our mind can be our enemy if we are not in control of it. In politics, there are [...]
A better place even through a dark phase
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Two dimensions of meditation
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The mind needs to be cured not crushed
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How worrying and meditating are similar
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Nothing to be worried about worried about everything
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Digital detox for anxiety management
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Keep away from fear
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Know the core above anxiety
Suppose we are in a turbulent ocean; naturally, as we are tossed by the waves, we will be shaken and smashed and will feel fear. [...]
How faith deals with fear
When we have faith that there is a higher reality guiding our lives, overseeing the events around us, and monitoring what is happening within us, [...]