Free Will
Well,I always use to wonder if we have any free will??Everytime I used to do something which actually I did not wanted to do(talking about activities not guided/ordered by others)...my thoughts were...well who is this provoking me /stopping me to do the actions which I dont want to do!..
Finally,I got my answer from Bhagwat Gita...Lord Krishna beautifully explains to Arjuna that "we are actuallly not the doers,everything is done by interaction of three modes of material nature..Sattva Guna(mode of goodness),Rajas Guna(passion) and Tamo Guna(ignorance).Our material life is predestined...on the basis of our previous birth Karmic activities.If one acts in passion of goodness he will be well off than what he is in this life and if one acts in passion of ignorance he will worse off than what he is in this life!So,there are karmic reactions to both pious and impious activities...i .e...there is no way that we can have free will in "this mode of life".
But We have free will when it comes to spiritual advancement.We are free to choose the spiritual(only eternal) path .When one surrenders to Krishna,all his activities becomes transcendental.There is no "karmic reaction" he has to go through ,so he doesnt need to take birth again in this material world..even if he does(if someone falters in devotional life),he will have the same "level of devotion" at least in the next life.To further enhance it ,will be again a matter of free will!
Many people say spiritual and material activities are just habits...well as far as I know habits end with the end of the body...so in case of material activities....yes they can be termed as habits as everything comes to an end at the time of death...but well in case of Krishna Conciousness ....the surrenderer starts his next life(in case) with the credit "earned" in his previous life.....so this is not a habit....this is an eternal activity!!
So,pls relish this eternal activity from today only,,,Simply by chanting...
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare!!
Om Gan Ganpatye Namah!!
Finally,I got my answer from Bhagwat Gita...Lord Krishna beautifully explains to Arjuna that "we are actuallly not the doers,everything is done by interaction of three modes of material nature..Sattva Guna(mode of goodness),Rajas Guna(passion) and Tamo Guna(ignorance).Our material life is predestined...on the basis of our previous birth Karmic activities.If one acts in passion of goodness he will be well off than what he is in this life and if one acts in passion of ignorance he will worse off than what he is in this life!So,there are karmic reactions to both pious and impious activities...i .e...there is no way that we can have free will in "this mode of life".
But We have free will when it comes to spiritual advancement.We are free to choose the spiritual(only eternal) path .When one surrenders to Krishna,all his activities becomes transcendental.There is no "karmic reaction" he has to go through ,so he doesnt need to take birth again in this material world..even if he does(if someone falters in devotional life),he will have the same "level of devotion" at least in the next life.To further enhance it ,will be again a matter of free will!
Many people say spiritual and material activities are just habits...well as far as I know habits end with the end of the body...so in case of material activities....yes they can be termed as habits as everything comes to an end at the time of death...but well in case of Krishna Conciousness ....the surrenderer starts his next life(in case) with the credit "earned" in his previous life.....so this is not a habit....this is an eternal activity!!
So,pls relish this eternal activity from today only,,,Simply by chanting...
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare!!
Om Gan Ganpatye Namah!!
posted by tejpalchandak at Friday, April 21, 2006
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