- Truth
Krishna says: 'Your speech must be truthful, pleasant and beneficent'.
Elsewhere, it has been said: 'Few people utter or listen to unpleasant truth', almost hinting that such cautioning is a virtue.
Some feel that this sanctions unkind truth. They say if a bitter medicine is needed to cure we must give it. No. Only if the other man is willing to take it.
If the other person is willing to accept unpleasant truth, you may give. Else, it will not serve its purpose, but will have contrary result: he will not listen to you, but will fight back, resulting in all-round unpleasantness and sin.
- Deeper is 'I'
The world of elements reacts on 'my skin' also the product of elements.
The skin - the outer sense organs, reacts on 'my brain' also the subtle part of the elements.
But still deeper is 'I' - it is not the world, the senses or the mind, but deeper within.
To that 'I' everything is external.
- Temple
Do we not refer to the sides of our head as 'temple'?
It is the Temple of the Indwelling Presence, the Light in us.
- Discrimination
Even with discrimination one has to be careful.
It has its light and dark sides.
When the bright side is up, it says, 'Spiritual life is more worthy'.
But the dark slde comes up, and says, 'It is difficult'.
Strike while the bright side is up.
- Gita - The mother
Like the Mother, Gita allows us to wake on our own, helping us when we are in trouble.
Gita allows us to climb the staircase of Yoga - if we reach a crisis and can neither go up nor come down, then we should, like a child, sit down and cry - pray. Krishna says: 'In your previous animal births, you were guided by instincs I placed in you. Now, you are my own image. You have Intelligence. Do as you please.”