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2. Contradictions in Life

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  J ust as it is said, ‘All roads lead to Rome’, all paths given in the Gita lead us to the eternal state of our inner self.  Some of the paths seem to contradict each other. However, this is like a circle where a journey on either side would take us to the same destination. The Gita reveals itself differently at various levels of awareness. Sometimes Krishna comes to the level of Arjuna and sometimes He comes as the Supersoul ( Paramatma ). This creates difficulties in comprehension at the initial stage as both levels appear to be different.   For example, at the beginning of the last century scientists faced difficulties while understanding light. Initially, it was proved that light is a wave, subsequently it was realised that it also behaves like a particle. Both theories appear to be opposing each other. But light, with which we are so familiar, is a combination of apparent contradictions. Similar is the life and this fact needs to be kept in mind while unde...