For an oil lamp to burn, the wick has to be in the oil yet out of the oil. If the wick is drowned in oil, it cannot bring light. Life is like the wick of the lamp; you have to be in the world yet remain untouched by it. If you are drowned in the materialism of the world, you cannot bring joy and knowledge in your life. Thus by being in the world, yet not drowning in the worldly aspect of it.
There is a state in which one realises that the effect of things, circumstances, all the movements and actions of life on the consciousness depends almost exclusively upon one’s attitude to these things. There is a moment when one becomes sufficiently conscious to realise that things in themselves are truly neither good nor bad.
As humans, we like to anthropologize animals and inmate objects, apart from our tendency to stand in front of the next human and speak our mind without prior thought or control. We talk and express ourselves not only to fellow humans but also to newborns, toddlers, animals like a dog, parrot squirrels or a tree.
The Bhagavad Gita caters to the entire range of human evolution. It stands for poise and equanimity and for performing one’s designated duty. There are seven important lessons Lord Krishna has given in the Bhagavad Gita that we should all remember.
Beauty has many aspects, and gratefulness is one of them. You feel grateful when you don’t feel a sense of lack. You cannot be grateful and feel lack. Perhaps you experience both but at different times. When you feel lack, grumbling begins from a corner within.