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Spiritual understanding and not religious
Rejecting Bhagavad Gita just because Hindus read it as a
holy book, is similar to rejecting YOGA, Ayurveda ,
Meditation
as a medicinal system that will benefit only Hindus of India.
Bhagavad Gita is a universal
teaching that helps every human being to overcome suffering and attain
inner peace. So a person born to any religious or spiritual background would
see the same Truth more vividly explained through this teaching. Like
Yoga and meditation the knowledge given through Bhagavad Gita helps us to
overcome physical or mental suffering, mainly stress. We recommend first to
read about stress, its chemistry and the harm it does to our physical and
mental health in the Sakthi-foundation web page (Please
click here to read about stress).
Sakthi-Gita is not for any religious "Conversion" but
for mental and physical health
Being religious is different from being spiritual. Being religious (theist)
is to be fanatic about a belief system. Atheist are also religious in their
belief system. A spiritual is different from a theist and an atheist.
To be spiritual means to have an enquiring attitude: to enquire about our
own spirit or nature. This enquiring attitude is not because of any fear in
life, but because of curiosity which is the characteristic feature that
distinguish from a man and an animal. To be human is not to just eat, have
sex and die. Every animal does eat, have sex and die. But human is an
evolved animal who has the “Quest” to know the mystery of this universe and
life. A religious theist and an atheist enquires for proof only to prove
their belief system. A spiritual is an unbiased attitude who works with his
inner faculty and Sakthi-Gita is a path of enquiry.
Here we take
the spiritual path of enquiry initially for health benefits, especially to
overcome stress. Mental
stress is the biggest killer and the root cause of all physical and mental
ailments.
Hence we are here to understand the mystery of our own mind and make our
lives better.
Why to know Bhagavad Gita or Sakthi-Gita?
As we have mentioned above, we are not here for a religious belief
system but for a rational enquiry about mind being the key factor in health
and disease. The interesting fact is that Gita is a means for this enquiry
which not only unfolds the mystery of the mind but also in the end helps us
to get answers for the mystery of this Universe and our own Life. So Gita is
purely an enquiring approach and not something you read and believe.
The
answer to the question , why do we chose Gita for such an enquiry lies in
its content, style, approach and the Truth it delivers. As you might
know the Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between two kings in a battle
field. It is interesting that the King Krishna becomes a charioteer for
another King Arjuna. Krishna is worshipped as God due to his practical
wisdom he lived and showed for mankind for all generations. His whole
message of life was delivered to his cousin and king Arjuna as Bhagavad Gita.
Gita is not a religious teaching as many wrongly interpret. It is a dialogue
between two kings when one of them sought the other in a dilemmatic
situation in the battle field (Mahabharata war).
The dilemma of King
Arjuna sprang forth when we saw his grandparents, teachers, cousins, friends
and relatives in the enemy's side. Even though the enemy made his life
miserable, he considered it was immoral to fight the war and
kill them to attain the Kingdom. We often get into the state of Arjuna's
frame of mind in almost everyday in our life. we have the question about
right and wrong, morality, ethics etc. If we understand the source from
which these questions arise we would also tap to a source for answers too.
So Bhagavad Gita is an approach
to address these mental issues that brings stress in our minds. While we are
unaware of being caught in our own whirlpool of negativities, we try
to pursue liberation from it through spiritual means without
understanding the implications of the practices. The purpose of
understanding Gita is to understand the implications of pursuing the
enquiring of spiritual path in proper light.
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