*Chapter 1 - Arjuna Vishada Yoga*
*_Day 2_*
When you are blind, there is disharmony, and that's exactly what happened in the Gita. The king Dhritarashtra was blind. When the king is blind, there will be war. It is inevitable. When the head of the family is adamant, arrogant, and blind, everybody in the family suffers. When a professor, who is head of a department at a college or university, is foolish then he cannot recognise real talents and then thus frustration filters through the whole setup. The same is true with any business setup. Take any example, if the head is blind, then there is suffering throughout. But the suffering does not just remain down the line, it comes back to the head, and that's exactly what happened in the Mahabharata, of which Bhagwad Gita is the central core. The king, who was blind didnt know what was happening.
Often, people who are adamant, who are arrogant, who are blind, do not ask questions (the _Gita_ begins with a question). There is no spirit of enquiry in them, they think they know all. When you think you know, without knowing, then you are in big trouble, then nobody can help you. However, that state doesn't last too long, because when there is a problem, it doesnt stay away from you. Whatever problem you create for others, comes back to you, and so the problem came back to the king. He wanted to know, "What is happening?" There is a good end to everything; every conflict has a good end. The moment you want to get out of a problem, it means you have climbed one step towards victory. Realization of a problem means we are out of the problem.
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