*Chapter 1 - Arjuna Vishada Yoga*- Pujya Gurudev

*Chapter 1 - Arjuna Vishada Yoga*

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The universe is a brilliant expression of consciousness. Everything you see here is nothing but an expression of consciousness, in it's brilliance. The purpose of every created object is to remind you that the consciousness which has created this, which is the basis of this existence is the most brilliant one. Bharata means brilliance. Mahabharata means the great brilliance. The great brilliance has a song to it, has a rhythm to it, and that is Gita. Bhagwad Gita means 'Divine Song'. When there is a war, you cannot sing. War simply means disharmony. Music means harmony. On a battlefield knowledge is so far away, yet that is what is most necessary there. When there is a war, wisdom is most essential. Bringing harmony where it is most needed is the brilliance of the Divinity. Bringing wisdom, not in a palace, but amidst war is the brilliance of the Divinity. Music is harmony. See the dichotomy in this. In the battlefield, can someone sing and talk to you about the Self? When someone does it, it is little short of a miracle! And on who does so is an expression of Divinity. One who did that in the battlefield, bringing out the wisdom of life, the truth of life, indicates an eternal phenomenon. 

Life is a struggle when you don't know harmony. Everything here appears to be in conflict. The four elements are in conflict with each other. Fire does not like water, water does not like fire. Air does not like fire and vice versa. All the four elements in creation - the fifth one is just a witness - are in conflict. In the same way, in your body there is conflict, in the world there is conflict, in society there is conflict, in family there is conflict. There is conflict between the young and old, between the wise and the foolish, because the universe is made up of opposites. When it is made up of opposites, conflicts are bound to arise, then war is inevitable there. However, intervention of the Divinity can change this whole scenario. Its the Divinity which can raise your eyes to the fact that there is harmony, there is beauty, there are all these beautiful things on the planet. Its your spirit which appreciates a thorn, makes it something decorative, an Ikebana(japanese art of arranging flowers) or throws it in the bush. When your perception changes, everything changes in the world.