Peace can only be found within Yourself

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Peace can only be found within Yourself

 

Peace is not an object which is available in the market place. It is

not a thing which can be bought and won, along with a kingdom. It is

not a gift which can be given to you by your relatives. Peace is

inherent in your own nature; it is within you. Only when you search

for it within yourself will you be able to find it. Therefore, get

rid of your outward vision and develop inward vision. Outward vision

is appropriate to an animal, not a human being. A true human being

has inward vision. " Therefore, " Krishna commanded Arjuna, " sanctify

your life by developing this unique potential of the human beings to

turn their minds inwards. "

 

The story has been told of how early in the career of the sage

Narada, he was continuously having one type of worry after another.

Now, Narada had learned quite a few things. He was a master of all 64

types of learning and had practiced all 64 human skills; and yet he

felt no inner peace. He began thinking to himself, 'What is the

reason for all this worry, this lack of peace that I am feeling? I

have mastered all types of learning, I understand all fields of human

knowledge; still, I have not been able to remove my sorrow.' He went

to a great sage and asked him to explain the reason for his worries

and lack of peace.

 

The first thing the sage asked Narada was, " What are your

qualifications? " Narada replied, " I have learned and mastered every

type of education; there is no field of human knowledge which I have

not learned. " The sage then said, " Well, that is very good. Then you

must have learned the knowledge of the self? " Narada replied, " No,

except for self-knowledge I have had every kind of education. " The

sage told Narada, " You can get peace of mind only with the knowledge

of the atma. Only when you have learned that supreme knowledge by

which you will know everything else, can you be called educated.

Otherwise, you remain ignorant, no matter how many fields you have

mastered. What is the use of learning so many things without

understanding the one thing which is truly essential? "

 

mukundan

 

saibaba gita