Decision Making Through Spirituality

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Source india times [sprituality]

Decision Making has been with man since the time he became conscious

of himself and the environment around him. Our Stone Age ancestors

took decisions but those were pertaining to survival and living. We

are still taking decisions but now decisions are taken not for

survival but to display one's competencies in life, to surpass

others, always trying to stay ahead in race and eventually satisfying

one's ego.

 

 

Some five-thousand-years ago, Arjuna found himself in a fix. He was

unable to decide whether he should be fighting the battle against

kauravas or not. Fortunately lord Krishna was there to make him

understand the reality and also assisted him in reconsidering his

decision, and finally changing it. But in today's world we do not

have Krishna in flesh and blood to help us in our decisions.

 

 

One can imagine the precarious situation of Arjuna by observing the

questions asked by him to Lord Krishna in the Bhagvad Gita. In text

31 chapter - I, Arjuna says, " I do not see how any good can come from

killing my kin in this battle, nor can I, my dear Krishna, desire any

subsequent victory, kingdom, or happiness. "

 

 

In text 36 chapter -1 Arjuna says, " Sin will overcome us if we slay

such aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for us to kill the sons

of Dhritrashtra and our friends. What should we gain, O Krishna,

husband of the goodness of fortune, and how could we be happy by

killing our own kinsmen?

 

In text 37-38 chapter-1 Arjuna asks lord Krishna, " O Janardhan,

although these men, their hearts overtaken by greed, see no fault in

killing one's family or quarrelling with friends, why should we, who

can see the crime in destroying a family, engage in these acts of sin?

 

Arjuna was a sincere, honest and a good human being. One can easily

conclude this from what he thought and the questions asked by him. He

was overwhelmed in the battlefield by seeing his cousins, relatives

and friends standing against him and he could not understand what he

would achieve by killing them.

 

He was a man who was clearly disinterested in the materialistic

possessions though he had adequate power to get them. He was from a

royal family and still was willing to give all the comforts of life

just for the sake of his relatives, friends who on the other hand

were prepared to kill him and his brothers for the pride, vanity, ego

and materialistic things.

 

Lord Krishna very patiently answered all his queries, cleared all his

doubts and never tried to conclude things in haste nor compelled

Arjuna to fight unwillingly. He made Arjuna to realise the

vulnerability of the situation all by himself without actually

imposing His (Krishna's) views on him.

 

Does this mean that we are unfortunate not to have Krishna with us

who would help us discriminate between do's and don'ts in this ever

challenging life?

 

The answer to this question has been given in the Bhagvad Gita where

in text 20 Ch-X Lord says " I am the supersoul, which dwells in the

hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the

end of all beings. "

 

We can clearly understand from above statement that God is

omnipresent. He is right their in you and if you want to witness him

you will have to see Him from the eyes of faith. To get the solutions

to your problems you will have to approach him. He will not come to

you unless you invite him to solve your problem like Arjuna did. You

will have to be Arjuna and to be Arjuna you will have to dispel your

ego and submissively surrender yourself to God and than act on His

advice like Arjuna did. He is the only one you can have faith on, if

you truly want to enhance faith in yourself for any purpose in life

and that includes decision making.