The Present Is All That We Have And All That We will Ever Have ! (Gita Daily) Diksha Mataji

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Published on Aug 17, 2013
Based on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Text 32
We frequently lead life as if it were a practice run for next time. All of us want to do valuable, special, big things in life, but the time for them seems to be “sometime in the future.” The present appears boring at best and burdensome at worst; it looks like something we have to get over with to reach the exciting future.
Unfortunately, that much-anticipatedfuture never comes. Because when the future comes, it has become the present. And that present — like our present present — becomes devalued and wasted by our lackadaisical, practice-run attitude as we keep longing for the future.
If we wish to actualize our potential, we need to recognize that the present is all that we have — and all that we will ever have. To help us upgrade our estimation of the present, Gita wisdom offers us two pertinent insights:
1. Time is divine: The Bhagavad-gita (11.32) declares that time is a manifestation of Krishna. This understanding spiritualizes our vision of time management; we value time not just because it gives us the opportunity to do many things, but because it is Krishna himself offering us that opportunity.
Read More – http://www.gitadaily.com/2012/09/19/the-present-is-all-that-we-have-and-all-that-we-will-ever-have/Based on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Text 32
We frequently lead life as if it were a practice run for next time. All of us want to do valuable, special, big things in life, but the time for them seems to be “sometime in the future.” The present appears boring at best and burdensome at worst; it looks like something we have to get over with to reach the exciting future.
Unfortunately, that much-anticipatedfuture never comes. Because when the future comes, it has become the present. And that present — like our present present — becomes devalued and wasted by our lackadaisical, practice-run attitude as we keep longing for the future.
If we wish to actualize our potential, we need to recognize that the present is all that we have — and all that we will ever have. To help us upgrade our estimation of the present, Gita wisdom offers us two pertinent insights:
1. Time is divine: The Bhagavad-gita (11.32) declares that time is a manifestation of Krishna. This understanding spiritualizes our vision of time management; we value time not just because it gives us the opportunity to do many things, but because it is Krishna himself offering us that opportunity.
Read More – http://www.gitadaily.com/2012/09/19/the-present-is-all-that-we-have-and-all-that-we-will-ever-have/Based on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Text 32
We frequently lead life as if it were a practice run for next time. All of us want to do valuable, special, big things in life, but the time for them seems to be “sometime in the future.” The present appears boring at best and burdensome at worst; it looks like something we have to get over with to reach the exciting future.
Unfortunately, that much-anticipatedfuture never comes. Because when the future comes, it has become the present. And that present — like our present present — becomes devalued and wasted by our lackadaisical, practice-run attitude as we keep longing for the future.
If we wish to actualize our potential, we need to recognize that the present is all that we have — and all that we will ever have. To help us upgrade our estimation of the present, Gita wisdom offers us two pertinent insights:
1. Time is divine: The Bhagavad-gita (11.32) declares that time is a manifestation of Krishna. This understanding spiritualizes our vision of time management; we value time not just because it gives us the opportunity to do many things, but because it is Krishna himself offering us that opportunity.
Read More – http://www.gitadaily.com/2012/09/19/the-present-is-all-that-we-have-and-all-that-we-will-ever-have/
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