This story is about pre -war ( Mahabharat ) preparations .
Both Duryodhan & Arjun approached Lord Krishna for his help in impending war . Krishna said , since you both have approached me at the same time I need to help both . You have a choice between me & my army ; Duryodhan was given the 1st chance ; he went for numbers , he asked for Krishna's army , consequently Arjun was happy getting Krishna on Pandava's side .
It turned out to be the crucial choice between Body ( bodies ) & Soul .... the rest was History as the cliche goes .
Don't most of us , most times , behave like Duryodhan ? largely in the material world , groping mostly on the surface . We are so engulfed & enamoured by the materialistic satiations that we hardly have the time & importantly the awareness to seek depth in life , to take a profound , long term view of life , to search for our Soul , which is lost in the chaos of the mundane ! The lack of depth makes us so superficial , that our smiles have become mechanical , we count love by gifts & take money for affection --- where relationships are turned into a set of cost/benefit transactions .
Well if we don't like what we read here , there is still hope -- It means that while we may be lost , we are still alive !
All that is needed is ' Awareness ' of what we want v/s what we are doing , what is real v/s what is facile .... in real term it's ' Soul searching ' ; the rest will fall in place .
Both Duryodhan & Arjun approached Lord Krishna for his help in impending war . Krishna said , since you both have approached me at the same time I need to help both . You have a choice between me & my army ; Duryodhan was given the 1st chance ; he went for numbers , he asked for Krishna's army , consequently Arjun was happy getting Krishna on Pandava's side .
It turned out to be the crucial choice between Body ( bodies ) & Soul .... the rest was History as the cliche goes .
Don't most of us , most times , behave like Duryodhan ? largely in the material world , groping mostly on the surface . We are so engulfed & enamoured by the materialistic satiations that we hardly have the time & importantly the awareness to seek depth in life , to take a profound , long term view of life , to search for our Soul , which is lost in the chaos of the mundane ! The lack of depth makes us so superficial , that our smiles have become mechanical , we count love by gifts & take money for affection --- where relationships are turned into a set of cost/benefit transactions .
Well if we don't like what we read here , there is still hope -- It means that while we may be lost , we are still alive !
All that is needed is ' Awareness ' of what we want v/s what we are doing , what is real v/s what is facile .... in real term it's ' Soul searching ' ; the rest will fall in place .
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