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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16

Procedure

First thing you need to do - sit with yourself and list out all the areas of your life that you are afraid of. Whatever you are afraid of, write it down and logically think about it. Allow all of them to surface. Let your mind face the fears. Let your mind speak everything. Think intensely and logically about the fears. Give it half an hour. You may feel afraid, tears may roll and your whole body may shake. Let everything come out. What can be done? If you could do anything, you would have done it. Allow the fear to come up to your conscious layer without being suppressed

Only creating the space is going to get you the results. Creating the space means, taking the responsibility and thinking. Accept that there is a possibility for all these fears to come true: your wealth may be stolen, you may have an accident, a near or dear one may die, or you may die. All these possibilities are real. Yes. What can be done? This is life. This is what is called facing reality as it is.

Ask the students to share moments in their lives when they felt that life was being unfair to them. -Then, share the following truth and engage into a discussion about it: "Life is not that unfair with you. Anything happens only when you take the responsibility of inviting it and making it happen. You should know very clearly and see your own hypocrisy." In the end, ask the students to write a short essay about:

  • 1. How those moments where they felt "life is unfair" are times when they did not want to take the responsibility for making what they want happen/Exposing their own hypocrisy.
  • 2. How life is fair

Having eternal romance with your thinking is integrity. Integrity takes away the fear component in your thinking. You can think about anything; you will take responsibility for the right thing