Peace can only be found within Yourself

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Peace can only be found within Yourself

 

Peace is not an object which is available in the market place. It is not

a thing which can be bought and won, along with a kingdom. It is not a

gift which can be given to you by your relatives. Peace is inherent in

your own nature; it is within you. Only when you search for it within

yourself will you be able to find it. Therefore, get rid of your outward

vision and develop inward vision. Outward vision is appropriate to an

animal, not a human being. A true human being has inward vision.

" Therefore, " Krishna commanded Arjuna, " sanctify your life by developing

this unique potential of the human beings to turn their minds inwards. "

 

The story has been told of how early in the career of the sage Narada,

he was continuously having one type of worry after another. Now, Narada

had learned quite a few things. He was a master of all 64 types of

learning and had practiced all 64 human skills; and yet he felt no inner

peace. He began thinking to himself, 'What is the reason for all this

worry, this lack of peace that I am feeling? I have mastered all types

of learning, I understand all fields of human knowledge; still, I have

not been able to remove my sorrow.' He went to a great sage and asked

him to explain the reason for his worries and lack of peace.

 

The first thing the sage asked Narada was, " What are your

qualifications? " Narada replied, " I have learned and mastered every type

of education; there is no field of human knowledge which I have not

learned. " The sage then said, " Well, that is very good. Then you must

have learned the knowledge of the self? " Narada replied, " No, except for

self-knowledge I have had every kind of education. " The sage told

Narada, " You can get peace of mind only with the knowledge of the atma.

Only when you have learned that supreme knowledge by which you will know

everything else, can you be called educated. Otherwise, you remain

ignorant, no matter how many fields you have mastered. What is the use

of learning so many things without understanding the one thing which is

truly essential? "

 

mukundan

 

saibaba gita