Message #31471

[Jitendra Hydonus]

All the things you have said about the inner battle are true. However there are also outer battles that we are required to fight. So the Bhagavad-Gita is not just an allegory but advice on the inevitability of some battles on this earth that we face and are appointed by divine decree of destiny to struggle and fight with. If the history was not true and Jesus and Arjuna only were stories to show a deeper meaning; what relevancy would they have as an example to us who also experience our lives...  we don’t just vicariously live them. One of the distinct differences-I see- about this realm; as compared to the astral realm is that here in the material realm—we are able to work out much more karma and desire. With this ability also comes the sufferings associated with the 5 senses and the physical phenomena with a physical/material body. It is a much more condensed limited sphere of existential existence.