Searching for the villain can’t help us in finding the hero ! Diksha Mataji (Gita Daily)

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Published on Jul 26, 2013

Based on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Text 03

When things start going wrong in our life, our false ego goes into a default defensive, scheming to find a villain on whom to lay the blame for spoiling the dream plot of our life. However, this search for a villain puts us in a negative frame of mind, wherein we just can’t see the positive reality — and certainly not the ultimate positive reality, Krishna’s supreme heroism and his unflinching love for us

The Bhagavad-gita (16.03) states that the unwillingness to find faults in others (apaishunam) is a characteristic of the virtuous. Does this unwillingness imply that we passively accept the status quo? Not at all. Gita wisdom guides us to actively search for the villain within instead of without. It reveals howthe sinister persuasions of our false ego have misled us into accepting the role of a villain who seeks to unscrupulously usurp the position of the ultimate hero, Krishna.

The plot of the world is moving for Krishna’s pleasure, not ours. But this doesn’t mean that we count for nothing, as our false ego often darkly mutters in its bid to stop us from joining Krishna’s plot. When we play our part in the plot for Krishna’s pleasure, we too have our moments of glory, as did Hanuman in service to Lord Rama in the Ramayana.

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