Gita Reflections The purport of this discussion is that when one comes to see the fact that this is all born of Ishwara’s Prakriti then it brings about a paradigm shift in one’s life. A Jiva’s problem lies in seeing oneself as a limited being and thus being burdened with a sense of enjoyership and doership. Its an eternal cycle of seeking born out of a sense of limitation, leading to a desire and desire leading to action. Action too by itself is not a problem. Action becomes a problem when it is featured by a sense of individuality, ego, stress, anxiety, and a burden of the fruit of action. Action is never a means of anxiety or stress with the awareness of the true nature of the Self. The fact is that I am basically a fulfilled being and my fulfillment is not affected by the coming and going of various things and situations. My fulfillment is untouched. Just as an ocean never overflows with all the rivers merging into it, and neither does it ever dry up in any condition, so also a fulfilled being is unaffected by the coming and going of things. This is the state of pure existence of the Lord This is the essence of the statement when the Lord says ‘Na maam karmani nibadhnaati’. This statement reveals to us the secrets of a redeeming knowledge. It is not only that this is the nature of Ishvara’s functioning but this is the inherent pottential of all Jiva’s. Sri Krishna says we too must live in this manner. There is no need to escape
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