Value of Self effort

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Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya !!

 

It is not easy to describe spirituality and all definitions of the term concur

on the fact that it is the converse of all that is material, temporal or

worldly. The body would remain insentient but for the animating force of the

spirit within. This is a sign of the spiritual component in us. Just as the

effect of human effort is manifest in the development of the human race, self

effort plays a very important role in enhancing the spiritual life of an

individual.

The uniqueness of human beings is their ability to think, reflect and act and

only when these special faculties are realised to their full potential does

human existence become meaningful. Human birth is a great opportunity to realise

the spiritual quotient within and this is possible with proper guidance from a

knowledgeable preceptor and steadfast endeavour on the part of the seeker.

In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna as a preceptor puts things in proper

perspective to a confused Arjuna who suddenly swerved from his prime desire to

wage a war on seeing his grandfather, preceptor and relatives on the enemy camp,

and began to question the propriety of the issue. The Lord makes Arjuna

understand the value of self effort, and explains the higher truths of the

scriptures in clear and simple terms. Lord Krishna reinforces the truth of the

Atma — which is shown as the immortal and undying component residing in each

individual endowed with a physical form and nature.

The knower of this truth understands the spiritual aspect in oneself and of the

perishable nature of all else including one’s body-mind-complex. The advice is

for all mankind as well, to generate the required self effort to transcend the

doubts and confusions of worldly pulls and aspire for the eternal goal of life.

Human beings have the strength to lift themselves to direct their lives in the

right path. Intelligence, sensory organs and the mind should work as an

integrated whole.

 

Om Namo Narayanaya !!