LET GO

LET GO ......

One day Arjuna and Lord Sri Krishna were taking a walk. All through their way Arjuna kept pestering Krishna to answer a question. Krishna said “Okay, what is it?” Arjuna replied, “Please tell me why is Karna considered the supreme donor, and not me?” It was now Krishna’s turn to prove his point. He immediately snapped his fingers and turned 2 mountains beside which they were walking, to gold. And He said, “Now it’s your responsibility to distribute all this gold to the villagers without wasting even a small piece.” Arjuna summoned all the villagers to gather near the mountains and began distributing the gold with head held high as the villagers sang his praise. The distribution went on for 2 days and 2 nights, however the gold mountain didn’t seem to diminish. On the third day most of the villagers came back and stood in line for more gold. Arjuna was, by then, totally exhausted. He surrendered to Sri Krishna saying that he could go no further. At that moment Krishna summoned Karna and gave him the same instruction. Karna called upon 2 villagers and said “Do you see those two mountains laden with gold? They’re yours. Do as you please.” So saying, he walked away leaving Arjuna speechless. Krishna said, “Do you see the difference Arjuna? “Since you yourself were attached to the gold, you regretfully donated only as much as you thought they deserved; where as Karna held no such reservations nor did he expect to be praised. He simply gave it away without much ado.”

REFLECT ON :
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-Just like how Arjuna attached himself to the gold mountains, which neither existed in the first place not did it belong to him, we too attach ourselves to everything we see, touch and hear.

- Relationships that we build and articles/properties that we accumulate are only meant for us to lead a satisfying life while on Earth.

-They never belonged to us and hence we will not be taking them with us to the grave.

- All mortal souls come to the universe with nothing to their credit and when they leave, they take nothing with them.
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......................again REFLECT ON: why do we get so attached to the people and things around us that we find it very difficult to let go?

-What is it that occurs in the period between life and death that makes man heavily attached to things he neither brought with him nor will take with him? T

-it is due to the concept of attachment .

-Attachment is a state of ownership and dependency on people and things without whom, we believe, we will not be able to exist.

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PRACTICE LET GO .............

-LET GO/ detachment is a state of self-awareness where we are totally aware that all our people and material possessions are bestowed on us by God to help us live the life we are destined for.

- None of them are ours.

-LET GO
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