Lift yourself
Aug 11th, 2007 | By admin | Category: quotesउद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम
Meaning: One has to work for one’s own upliftment.
This should be your approach to understanding spiritual philosophy. Always do your duty and perform sacred acts. Your spiritual evolution is your own responsibility.
Though this word is used in the context of spirituality, it can be applied to our material world as well. Only with self-will can one accomplish his goal. Through this self-effort, one can make even the weirdest of his dreams come true. But it requires a display of courage, discipline, perseverance and hard work to be a winner. Help yourself!
Below is an abstract from The Gita to provide context to the word Uddharedatmanatmanam…
Atmaiva hyAtmano bandhurAtmaiva ripurAtmanaH
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम नात्मानमवसादयेत
आत्मइवा ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः
“Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone, let him not lower himself;
for this self alone is the friend of one self and this self alone is the enemy of oneself”
(Ch-VI-5 from The Gita)
For many, God is a magician who grants boons on request. But, thats not true! We have read about the great Kurukshetra, where Sri Krishna demonstrated the essence of Life. He delivered the Bhagavad Gita, and showed the way to Arjuna. He never took up arms, but gave the required clarity and stood by the side of righteous effort.
Sri Krishna makes it very clear that we are the ones who should perform the action, and the fruits will bear in time. There can be no results if there is no effort!
