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Get aside Newtonians!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Krishna demolished your hero ages ago!
By Vivek Sharma

Every action has its own reaction. That is what we have learnt through out. But, we have never scrutinised the statement to its bare reality. Result: We have lost touch with right wisdom, and are literally wriggling like worms in our own muddy understanding of things. 
Forgive me for these harsh words! But, sometimes you have to speak aloud and harsh to wake slumbering giants up. You are a giant, but in a deep sleep. You need to wake up!
If you consider the Newtonian principle ‘to every action there is equal and opposite reaction,’you will develop aversion to all actions. Why to do anything when every action has an opposite reaction? Well, knock the half-understood Newton out of your brains and know what Krishna, the father of all Newtons, says.
He says you can do actions which are uplifting… don’t give up actions, which are natural to you. Krishna says, न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं, वर्त एव च कर्मणि।।
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। 
It means—Arjuna, I have nothing to do as such in the entire cosmic expansion, yet I continue to work—maintain the entire cosmos through My triangular activities: Creation, preservation and destruction. …believe you Me, if I don’t engage in action, the entire cosmos shall rip apart and finally get destroyed.” That is the reason why even Krishna engages in actions.
 
Krishna Stands Supreme

 

So to hell with Newtonian action-reaction garbage. Krishna acts and so we must. But, how to choose actions is a riddle? He says identify your natural inclinations and work them out as they are the best and natural way for you to evolve. The childhood is the best time to know the inclinations, because it is the time when your inclinations have not corrupted and found negative channels of expressions. A child is genuine. It wants milk when it is hungry. It is happy and the mere presence of it makes others happy too. So, the idea is to tell you that the only way to know your real inclinations is to keep out all negativities and see yourself as a child. I promise you, you shall find out your natural line of action. Those actions shall be sattvik for you—uplifting and the source of energy. Krishna calls such actions as niyat —prescribed as a medicine for your cure. Arjuna was a warrior class. To save himself and his kingdom is his niyat karm. This action alone can uplift him and it has no reaction—धर्म्याद्धि युध्दाच्छ्रेयो अन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते—there is no action better for a warrior than the righteous battle. Krishna tells Arjuna, प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्। It means there is no negative reaction or effect of such an action (प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते). In fact,  even carrying it out partially, saves one from great dangers (स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ). He has demolished Newton here. Now we have come to know two terms niyat and sattvik. Sattvik is something which energises you and uplifts you. Krishna says, नियतं कृतम् कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते  It means—carrying out the action which is natural to one —that action— is said to be uplifting and energising.  What is sattvik action, that has no negative fallout—प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते. Many will say how to know what actions to undertake if we are unable to know our natural inclination? Krishna answers that too. He says,
यज्ञदानतपः कर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।
यज्ञो दानम् तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।
Here Krishna clearly mentions—
Yagya (inside and outside refinement of energy), dan (sharing what you have with outside) and tap (making efforts for personal and social excellence) are not to be given up. They must be performed, as the three actions keep the wise pure and energised. Who are wise? The ones who desire no reaction to actions.
 I am sorry Newtonians! The wise know how to act without producing any negative reaction!

 

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