Navigating through Kaliyuga
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The document serves as a guide to navigating the challenges of Kaliyuga, characterized as an age of darkness and restlessness where external and internal struggles are prevalent. It emphasizes the importance of inner transformation through control of the senses and mind to achieve awareness, courage, and peace. Ultimately, it suggests that personal change is essential for external circumstances to improve, quoting Swami Vivekananda on the divine potential within each soul.
Navigating through Kaliyuga
- 1. Navigating through Kaliyuga… A quick handy guide. 2017, MM/01701
- 2. 2017, MM/01702 Our mythology defines present times as: Kaliyuga… the age of darkness. WHAT THAT MEANS?
- 3. 2017, MM/01703 Kaliyuga refers to the age of constant movement; the times of unending restlessness. This is the age when man will have everything & yet… people shall stay mostly dissuaded.
- 4. 2017, MM/01704 5 forces will work here as self-propelled traps.
- 10. 2017, MM/01710 CAN WE ESCAPE THEM? These invisible forces will be everywhere: Outside & as well Within.
- 11. NO, we cannot escape them, yet we can work our way through them. 2017, MM/01711
- 12. This is why, the analogy quoted in Vedanta is that of the Lotus Leaf. 2017, MM/01712 Touching the water, yet… not getting wet. Let’s understand this in detail…
- 13. There are 2 worlds that we have to live-in simultaneously… The one within The one outside.& 2017, MM/01713
- 14. 2017, MM/01714 Interestingly, little can be done on the outside; hence the change we seek must start from within & that’s the trick!
- 15. 2017, MM/01715 When you change from within, the outside too transforms. That’s why: ‘Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached.’ Here Yoga is the Science… Swami Vivekananda (1863 – 1902)
- 16. 2017, MM/01716 The change desired within refers to the subversion of these 5 latent tendencies, namely... ATTRACTION > AFFECTION > ATTACHMENT > AVERSION > AGITATION.
- 17. This work is done, gradually, through the control of the 5 senses. 2017, MM/01717
- 18. Control of Senses leads to Control of Mind. With Regular Practice… 2017, MM/01718
- 19. Then when the mind is in control, the navigation of life is easy… Both within & outside. 2017, MM/01719
- 20. Further, Control of Mind refers to the state of: • Awareness • Courage • Fearlessness • Freedom & • Peace… … under every situation. 2017, MM/01720
- 21. This status is achieved gradually through correct training & regular practice. 2017, MM/01721
- 22. All other methods lead only to: • continued fears, • never ending pains & • repeated births. This is the only way to navigate successfully through Kaliyuga. 2017, MM/01722
- 23. And with each birth, the influence of Kaliyuga would have only worsened. 2017, MM/01723
- 24. ‘Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal.’ - Swami Vivekananda. This is the truth. Now do as you may wish. 2017, MM/01724
- 25. About the Author: Puneet writes on Science of Yoga. www.desiretofly.in Gratitude: My revered teacher Gratitude: Bhagwaan Sri RamaKrishna 2017, MM/01725