The world is a stage.
We are actors in the world-drama.
But all our actions
are motivated by the will of God,
who controls our immortal souls
and perishable bodies.
And we must
play the game
without displaying
any sort of weakness or timidity.
Arjuna was afflicted
with weakness of mind and heart.
Lord Krishna chastised him for
his moral and spiritual cowardice.
As long as you
are weak and timid,
you cannot achieve anything in life.
Sentimentality and
body consciousness should be avoided.
As long as you think from the point of view
of the perishable body, you cannot
overcome your spiritual pusillanimity.
When you think
from the point of view
of the immortal Atma,
you will have no feelings
of weakness and timidity.
Deha, the physical body,
is composed of the five
primordial elements of earth,
air, water, fire and ether.
Sooner or later,
the body will perish.
But the Dehi,
or the inner Atma,
has neither birth nor death.
And this Atma is
one with the Absolute.
Atma and the Absolute are essentially identical.
By these exhortations,
Lord Krishna galvanized
Arjuna into activity on the battlefield.
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