Originally Posted by
vcindiana
Dear Atanu: I am new to BG.
This is Love. Actions performed with full feeling or “Bhavane” becomes so lighter I feel as though I am not doing the action. Love…………..VC
Namaste VC,
I agree that possibly none of us here is a Jnani to the extent of being a non-doer. We all feel pressure of work (me most). But I will repeat that it is neither true nor a question of mere feeling. That the Atman is not the doer is brahmasatyam, as below:
Chapter 18 Gita
14. The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various sorts, and the presiding Deity, also, the fifth,
15. Whatever action a man performs by his body, speech and mind, whether right or the reverse, these five are its causes.
16. Now, such being the case, he who, owing to untrained understanding, looks upon his Self, which is isolated, as the agent, he of perverted intelligence, sees not.
17. He who is ever free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by (good or evil), though he slays these people, he slayeth not, nor is he bound (by the action).
This indeed is the simplest truth, yet the hardest to believe. On realisation of this, all vain glory of all accomplishments/money/beauty/power will vanish into thin air -- so, it does not find a place in most christian/dvaita bound mind.
This simple truth is not welcome at all for immature minds. And Shri Krishna also warns that immature minds should not be disturbed. But you are already into Gita, so you are well prepared to absorb this in time.
But it is hard to give up the illusion of ego by any human, as even Vishnu is said to have suffered from this illusion. Vishnu being all, none of us is free from the illusion of ego ---- but we can pray to Vishnu for illumination and freedom.
Regards
Om Namah Shivaya
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