“Bhagavad Gita”, 6th Chapter

Verse Number 5.

Utthareth Athmana Athmanam Na Athmanam Avasadhayeth

Athmayeva E Athman Bandhu Athma Yeva Repu Athman.

One should raise oneself by one’s Self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the Self alone is the friend of oneself, and the Self alone is the enemy of oneself.

This is a Fatalism negating sloka.

Friends and enemies are not outside. They exist in the mind only. It is the mind that makes a friend an enemy and an enemy a friend. Therefore, the Self alone is the friend of oneself, and the self alone is the enemy of oneself. The lower mind or the Asuddha Manas (Impure mind) is your real enemy because it binds you to the Samsara, and the higher mind or the Sattvic mind (Suddha Manas or the pure mind) is your real friend, because it helps you in the attainment of Moksha.

Four types of grace, which are very important for us, are Eswara Grace, a culture that values Spirituality; Guru Kripa, which is an opportunity that enables you to get a guidance from someone; Sastra Kripa, which is an opportunity to study the Scriptures and understand what is spiritual life; Atma Kripa, which is the grace of oneself (self grace). We require learning from ourselves. It is in the form of Self confidence. Believe in yourself and tell yourself that you can follow the spiritual path and attain spiritual success. Eswara Kripa can do nothing for you, if you do not have self confidence. You should believe in your freewill. As a human being, we all have freewill and using our freewill, we can change our life. The first thing to be noted in spirituality is to renounce fatalism. We should not say that because of fate I am what I am today. Fatalism believes that faith is the only factor that determines our future life. Lord Krishna Negates Fatalism. There is no doubt that faith determines our future. It is not the only factor but it is one of the factors. We can use our freewill and change our future by the contribution of the freewill. We should have faith in Freewill. Having Self will is an important value. With self confidence and available freewill, I can influence my life confidently. The next is Self effort, which is putting your own effort in whatever you do. Have a healthy mind, which is your best friend. Always tell yourself that you can do it with the grace of lord. Integrate them for accomplishing Artha, Kama, Moga and Dharma.

Be Blissful

S.SEKAR

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