Re: A distant dream???
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
renuka
Namaste,
Its totally not fair to think of one own salvation when one is totally helpless watching others die.
Peace is for all..not just for a few.
Words of the Geeta ring the mind..."to uplift dharma..I will incarnate from age to age"
...should human lives be lost for nothing at all?
I can empathize with your point of view. It surely looks curious on how all this can occur. Yet consider the following.
Pursuing one's salvation is in fact beneficial for the whole world. We share a collective consciousness ( so says the veda-s); by uplifting one's own self with his Self we contribute to the overall sattva of the world's collective consciousness. What is missing in the world ? More sattva. What is there plenty of ? Tamas. It is sattva that brings balance.
Peace is not just the absence of fighting ; it is a level of harmony that is non-verbal ( beyond lip service). We do this with our contribution to peace and dharma within ourselves, family and community and this is done with the infusion of sattva.
You have mentioned the bhāgavad gītā .... please do not forget the most profound words kṛṣṇa-jī offers in chapter 2, 12th śloka: there never was a time when I was not, nor you, nor these rulers of men. Nor will there ever be a time when all of us shall cease to be.
One sees ( as most of us do) people coming and going i.e. birth, death, and the like. Yet the ultimate truth kṛṣṇa-jī offers is that really we will all never cease to be - the loss you mention is not final. Yet it is painful for us to see this destruction and cruelty on this good earth.
What is one to do ? There is no doubt we must act, but it must be meaningful change; change that is uplifting and within the field of dharma. This is clearly pointed out within the mahābhārata, but I will leave it there for now without standing too high on my soap box.
Remember, the bhāgavad gītā is 700 verses out of 100,000 offered in the mahābhārata by by vyāsa-ji. There we can find our guidance.
"Whatever is here ( in the mahābhārata) is found elsewhere. But whatever is not here (in the mahābhārata) is nowhere else."
iti śivaṁ
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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