10. Krishna in Adversities
The Gita contains many master keys which have the capacity to open up many doors and bypass hurdles we face in the path of self realisation. One such master key is to see yourself in others and others in you. Krishna implores us to realize that its HIM in all of us and he is hinting at the un-manifested (form-less). Krishna elsewhere asks us to raise ourselves to bow to a donkey or a thief as if we are bowing to the LORD. Based on the inputs brought in by the senses, our minds are programmed to divide and judge situations into safe/pleasant or unsafe/unpleasant. This is necessary and useful to protect us from imminent dangers. Like any technology, the mind is double-edged too and crosses its mandate, to became our master. This is essentially the birth place of Ahankaar . What this master key says is to make the mind a slave to minimise division/judgement so that cohesion/unity appears. No complex physical entity, including our body can...