Practical Guidance To Deal With Lifes Challenges I find that people are sincere and really want practical help in work, home,devotee relations and on internal development based on spiritual teachings. We decided to add this new feature to the current mail, to give you and me strength and shelter through the difficulties of this day! I sincerely pray to Krishna that these meditative thoughts can help you with your difficulties today! TODAYS QUOTE { If we faithfully, trustingly, and acceptingly take shelter of Krishna and surrender to Him, we will give Him a free hand to use us as He desires. and work things out as He desires } ..…………. Hoping that you have a fabulous day today! Just a little inspiration to help you through the day. The use of force to convert doesn’t expand faith – it reduces faith Some religious groups force others to convert to their faith, “Convert or die.” But faith is a choice of the heart that can’t be forced. Though force may compel some to mouth a faith-pledge, that doesn’t constitute the change of heart at the heart of true faith. Brute force reduces faith from a matter of the heart to a matter of the lips. That fanatics celebrate as religious victories converting others to such reduced faith shows that they grossly overrate the externals of their faith. Might they have never known the essence of faith: its security and sweetness? Might they be masking their inner emptiness by outer aggressiveness? Sadly, all traditions have been guilty, to greater or lesser degrees, of such superficiality. Might fanatics be masking their inner emptiness by outer aggressiveness? Can faith be shared while respecting people and their God-given free will? Yes, the Bhagavad-gita demonstrates how faith transmission can be respectful and successful: through education and experience. The Gita’s narrative aims to persuade Arjuna to have faith in Krishna and do his duty. Rephrasing according to our context, Krishna wants to convert Arjuna. Yet he doesn’t resort to force, though he being God commands all the force in all of existence. Instead, he appeals to Arjuna’s reason by outlining a majestic worldview that makes faith the natural and desirable choice. And he offers Arjuna a divine experience by demonstrating his universal form. After making his case, the Gita (18.63) states that Krishna leaves Arjuna free to deliberate and decide. When Arjuna voluntarily chooses to do Krishna’s will, that choice demonstrates an authentic conversion, a triumph of faith. The truly faithful similarly share with others scriptural wisdom to illumine their intelligence and yogic processes to help them experience the divine. Those who instead resort to force to convert simply expose their intellectual and experiential bankruptcy. If you find these articles inspiring, then you can read more at gitadaily Thank You
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:06:51 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015