It would not surprise you if someone asks, "Is it possible to give such a lengthy preaching, upadesa, to Arjuna? That too in the veritable battlefield?".
Osho answers in affirmative, in his WAR and PEACE, the insights from Bhagavad Gita. For a sincere disciple like Arjuna to learn and comprehend what the Master, Lord Krsna, has to teach, it's not necessary that it - the teaching - has to be by communication and conveyance of actual words. All it just requires is that Arjuna tunes into Lord's benevolence.
What we talk today of namely telepathy, actually did happen at the Lord's days thousands of years ago.
About a decade ago on a Saturday afternoon, I was alone in my office after other colleagues left for home. When I also was about to leave, just then entered a vagabond astro-palmist into my office and offered to read my palm and give predictions. I'm a guy just ready to accept what Almighty destines me to at any point of time in my life. Not that I'm skeptic about astrological sciences. Whenever such a crisis arises whether I need to look for astrololgical advice, I just recall the following slogan
na ca saknomy avasthatum
bhramativa ca me manah
nimittani ca pasyami
viparitani keshava
- Slogan 30, Adhyaya I ARJUNA VISHADA YOGA
The one dutiful, agile would go about doing one's duty for the sake of one's wont duty. That one has no time to seek guidance from omens. It is the weak and wavering who would dilly dally on the excuse of seeking guidance from omens.
I just didn't give in to the palmist's cajoling. He was equally determined to clinch a professional deal with me and like an appetizer he asked me to think of a number. I thought out number 7 and did not tell him what I thought. He immediately said the number I thought was 7. My God, I was speechless! Then he fired his next salvo by asking me to think of a bird. I'm a careful fish and would not bite the bait just easily. I thought of the bird, peacock. Vow.! The fellow could easily read my mind and said exactly, peackok.
I'm still enquiring. For certain questions, the Lord keeps the answers closer to His chest. He just wants us, mortals, only to experience it and dare not fathom it.
Osho answers in affirmative, in his WAR and PEACE, the insights from Bhagavad Gita. For a sincere disciple like Arjuna to learn and comprehend what the Master, Lord Krsna, has to teach, it's not necessary that it - the teaching - has to be by communication and conveyance of actual words. All it just requires is that Arjuna tunes into Lord's benevolence.
What we talk today of namely telepathy, actually did happen at the Lord's days thousands of years ago.
About a decade ago on a Saturday afternoon, I was alone in my office after other colleagues left for home. When I also was about to leave, just then entered a vagabond astro-palmist into my office and offered to read my palm and give predictions. I'm a guy just ready to accept what Almighty destines me to at any point of time in my life. Not that I'm skeptic about astrological sciences. Whenever such a crisis arises whether I need to look for astrololgical advice, I just recall the following slogan
na ca saknomy avasthatum
bhramativa ca me manah
nimittani ca pasyami
viparitani keshava
- Slogan 30, Adhyaya I ARJUNA VISHADA YOGA
The one dutiful, agile would go about doing one's duty for the sake of one's wont duty. That one has no time to seek guidance from omens. It is the weak and wavering who would dilly dally on the excuse of seeking guidance from omens.
I just didn't give in to the palmist's cajoling. He was equally determined to clinch a professional deal with me and like an appetizer he asked me to think of a number. I thought out number 7 and did not tell him what I thought. He immediately said the number I thought was 7. My God, I was speechless! Then he fired his next salvo by asking me to think of a bird. I'm a careful fish and would not bite the bait just easily. I thought of the bird, peacock. Vow.! The fellow could easily read my mind and said exactly, peackok.
I'm still enquiring. For certain questions, the Lord keeps the answers closer to His chest. He just wants us, mortals, only to experience it and dare not fathom it.
