Re: Surrender, Doer-ship, and the Will of God
Originally Posted by
namahsivaya
Namaste,
Lately I have gone back to studying the Bhagavad Gita. Through my initial readings throughout the years, the main message I got was to dedicate the fruits of all of my actions to Sri Krishna. That is how we can live in society and perform our duties and still reach Bhagwan, by not becoming attached to the fruits of our actions but offering them to Bhagwan.
For example, I as a student try to do well on exams and make good grades, but I don't do so for myself. I try to make good grades because it pleases Bhagwan.
Itsn't like if you have to make good grades to please someone. As per the laws of karma you don't have the right to claim which is not yours - 'fruits of action' and they will come in accordance with the effort you put and mental volition. Some schools say that it's a sin to take which is not yours which is a fearful way of putting an idea across so that people don't generate samskaras of being attached to an outcome and craving for it and as these samskaras lead to cycles of birth and death
To your other question of brushing teeth and mundate activites you have come to age old deabte - 'is freewill an illusion'. I'm still looking for a very compelling answer.
I'd like to quote from Arthur Schopenhauer which you might find interesting. Although he was an atheist and believed in purposeless existence he mentioned in one of the essays - "As you age in your later years when you look back at life you will see a symphony composed perfectly with people, events, happenstances at perfect junctures, and he asks who composed this symphony and he says it's the 'Will of the World' "
To me that's the Will of Brahman or Krsna or anybody who you consider as Supreme Intelligence running the cosmos. That 'Will' has the capability to influence your 'will' and at an individualistic level you have freewill to do silly mundane things. But your freewill isn't strong enough to influence the 'Will of Brahman'. In a grander scheme ..things will always work out no matter how you want or don't. This what Shamans across the world believe we are collectively dreaming the world into being with Universe. Our 'will' matching the 'will of the Universe' But if you are a pro-Advaitin don't falsely believe in the extremities of some schools.
ॐ महेश्वराय नमः
|| Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya ||
Hara Hara Mahadeva Shambo Shankara
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