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mercurius

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Living the eternal moment. You are what you think.

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mercurius
@julescape Feb 18, 2024, 10:51 AM UTC

Sacrifice for the higher cause - Bhagavad Gita ch3:13-14

When I spent 10 years has a celibate monk in the ashram of my teacher, from the age of 19 to 29, I learned a lot about practicing austerity and performing sacrifices for a Higher Cause. I was trained…

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mercurius
@julescape Feb 2, 2024, 5:19 AM UTC

The cycle of life - Bhagavad Gita ch3:10-12

Now, in the twilight of my years, with a few months left to live, I find that the world has become a strange place to me. I realize that I am a fool, walking about in a waking dream with no compass t…

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@julescape Jan 29, 2024, 1:01 PM UTC

We all work, it just depends for whom - Bhagavad Gita ch3:8-9

The richest man in Babylon still has to work. As long as we have the body and mind, we will be a obliged to keep it alive by feeding it and clothing it. If nothing else, then these basic survival act…

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@julescape Jan 8, 2024, 10:08 AM UTC

The ancient path of Karma Yoga in action - Bhagavad Gita ch3:7

Despite a condition of struggle for survival and for sanity and for truth amid the currents of nature, despite all of that, if I am able to offer some small service for the greater cause of those who…

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@julescape Jan 1, 2024, 10:17 AM UTC

Discovering our authentic self - Bhagavad Gita ch3:6

The ways of the world are mysterious. Who can tell truth from fiction at this point in history? The battle for the dominant narrative continues in the minds of humanity more so than ever before, or s…

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@julescape Dec 30, 2023, 11:06 AM UTC

Life is a preparation for liberation - Bhagavad Gita ch3:5

Even if it's only at the very end of one's life, everyone should take at least a moment to investigates the hidden wisdom of the oldest literatures on this planet, namely the Vedas. It is in these an…

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@julescape Dec 23, 2023, 10:31 AM UTC

The higher path means staying focused on the real goal - Bhagavad Gita ch3:4

If it were merely a matter of walking away from the troubled world into a monastery or hermitage or retreat to escape the difficulties of material existence, then that would be easy. However it's a l…

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@julescape Dec 12, 2023, 3:57 PM UTC

The external approach versus the internal approach to finding the solution - Bhagavad Gita ch3:3

There are two ways to escape a state of despair, if one finds one self in such a condition, under the hard struggle for survival in the material world. One way is hard work. You can simply work harde…

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@julescape Dec 4, 2023, 7:45 AM UTC

Decoding mixed signals on the path - Bhagavad Gita ch3:2

Sometimes we get mixed messages. There may be two contradictory and opposing pieces of data that come into our thought process, and finding the right conclusion can be a complex task. These mixed sig…

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@julescape Dec 1, 2023, 2:55 PM UTC

Work as worship clearly explained - Bhagavad Gita ch3:1

Chapter three of bhagavad Gita is titled Karma Yoga. You may have heard of the phrase in English that says "work is worship". This is a mundane, although not quite accurate, description of the concep…

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