how would you summarize The Bhagavad Gita?”
I said, “Would you all like to hear another interesting story that will answer this participant’s question? Everyone nodded.
Once there was a doctor who was very famous. He treated patients having mental illness with a 100% success rate. The patients who went to him once for treatment never visited him again, but surely they became his ambassadors and spread his name like wild fire. The doctor became so famous that even Lord Krishna wanted to personally meet him and know his secret.
So Lord Krishna disguised Himself as a patient and went to this famous doctor and said, “Doctor I feel very lonely, depressed all the time. I also feel stressed most of the time. Because of worry and anxiety My blood pressure always remains high and sugar levels shoot up. My heart is also weak. Please help Me doctor.” Doctor said, “The same problem is faced by most of the patients who come to me.”
Doctor then showed Lord Krishna the picture of the sacred ‘Bhagavad Gita’.
Lord Krishna smiled from within and said, “Doctor what are you trying to say, I don’t understand. Please give me medicine and not this picture. How can this picture cure my problems?”
Doctor told, “Look at this picture carefully. What do you see?”
Lord Krishna said, “I see Arjuna sitting with folded hands along with Lord Krishna who is guiding him on a chariot. The chariot has four horses and Lord Krishna as charioteer holds their reins. I also see that the chariot is right in middle of the two armies with Pandavas on one side and Kauravas on the other side.”
Doctor said, “Great observation.”
He further continued, “Now let me explain how it is related to you and your problems and what is the medication.”
Doctor said, “The two armies represents the two types of people we find in this world. Pandavas represents good and divine type of people and Kauravas represents bad and demonic type of people. We too come across both types of people in today’s life. Some give us happiness like our family and friends; some gives us stress in our life. Man is continuously fighting not only between these two types of people but also within himself between what’s right and wrong, good path and bad path, positive thoughts and negative thoughts.”
“Arjuna represents the soul who is fighting this battle from within him. Like Arjuna we must face this life and its challenges on our own. He is praying to Lord Krishna and surrendering himself completely to the Lord for guidance and help.”
“Here Lord Krishna shows us that God is always there to support and guide us. Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is situated as Paramatma in the heart of every living being. Krishna is your inner voice, inspiration and divine guidance that is continuously guiding the lost, lonely and depressed souls in the right direction. Only when you become aware of His presence within you, will you become free from all problems.”
“Lord Krishna is holding the reins of the four horses. Here horses represent our senses that tend to move in different directions and are difficult to control. Only when you completely surrender yourself to Lord Krishna, He will help you take control of your mind which is the rein with which all the senses that is the horses come under control and they start moving into the right direction according to the will of the Lord.”
“The chariot in between is nothing but our life. Till the time we are on this chariot, means till the time we are alive, we have to fight our own war.”
Doctor further asked another question, “Do you know why was The Bhagavad Gita told in middle of both the armies? Lord Krishna said, “No, why.” Doctor said, “It’s because Life is all about balance.”
Lord Krishna as patient was surprised to see the doctor’s in-depth knowledge and philosophy. He then smiled and asked the famous doctor, “Doctor medicine please.”
Doctor said, “Firstly ‘Stop Worrying’. Surrender all your worries to Lord Krishna, just like how you unload a heavy baggage from your head and put it to the ground. Stop thinking negative. Have faith in Lord Krishna that He is there with you always and is just a call away and He will come to your rescue. Just imagine a Supreme Power is waiting for your instructions. Read the sacred book ‘The Bhagavad Gita’ daily this will bring peace in your life. Your fears will disappear. And talk your heart out about your problems to your best friend. If you don’t have a best friend then find one that’s your lifetime medicine.”
Doctor said, “Please come back to me if your problem is not solved. But I haven’t seen my patients come again.”
Lord Krishna smiled and said, “Even though you have become a doctor by studying so hard. You are practicing it very truly, perfectly and performing your duty to the best of your abilities without worrying about success or failure. I bless you.”
Lord Krishna then smiled and left his clinic with great satisfaction.
This knowledge and philosophy holds true in today’s times, wherein man is struggling with the war going on within himself, he is overcome by negative thoughts and fear all the time. Because of negative thoughts he is unable to fulfill his desires and dreams. This is precisely leading him to sadness and depression. Only when you truly surrender yourself to Lord Krishna, you will be able to control your strong senses with the help of your mind by focusing on the right and positive thoughts. Your inner guiding light Lord Krishna will guide you in the right direction.”
After hearing this story, everyone in the session carefully looked at the picture I showed on the ppt. I then asked everyone, “What is the life lesson from this story?”
**Lesson No: 6 Do not let negative thoughts take control of you. You have to overcome challenges and fight your own war. Use your mind to control your senses by focusing on the right and positive thoughts.
“Are you all liking this spiritual session on The Bhagavad Gita?” Yes is what I hear. “Great. How do you find this training room, good okay bad?” Good is what I hear. “How are the chairs, comfortable okay not bad?” Comfortable is what I hear. “Okay now what if one leg of the chair breaks, what will happen?” One participant said, “The person sitting on that chair will fall down.” I asked, “Anyone else wants to say something more, please share.” Another participant said, “Everyone will laugh when that person falls down.” Yet another participant said, “That person will feel embarrassed.” I asked everyone, “What do you think that leg of the chair represents in our life?” Someone said, “Health”, other participant said, “Wealth”. Another participant said, “Personal life” and one said, “Work life”. There was a naughty participant who said, “Sex life” and everyone laughed. “The answer is what one participant said very correctly, it’s our Work life.”
“Chapter 3 of The Bhagavad Gita talks about your work life. This chapter has 43 shlokas. I request each participant to read one shloka each that is translated in English.” Everyone started reading one after the other.
