Bhagavad Gita Ch 5 - 20 - 25

Bhagavad Gita Ch 5 - 20 - 25 08142022 Vivek's overview of Paramartha Ashram trip Theory of marginal utility of getting happiness Spiritual happiness - one will get back once we taste it. One will get back because the happiness experienced is multiplied instead of diminshing utility. Desire is like an avalanche. Anything that comes in between you and desire means we become angry. If we reduce expectations, then the influence desires fade away In the depths of silence, the voice of the Lord is heard. Is marginal returns applicable for relationships as well? Gaur Gopal Das's CAR theory - if something is going right or wrong, Change what you can; Avoid being in company of people that are toxic; Rise above even if you cannot do anything. One should respect oneself in this journey of self-realization. The more one attaches to anything, one suffers more. Attachment not required - but do your duty. Children are born through us, and not to us. We can manifest what we want in relationships. There is no other. Genuine curiosity in the other helps to manage. If we want to have peace: - try to have less than more - seek to be last rather than first - seek to do will of others, rather than your own - in all things recognize and learn to accept the will of God "I want peace": I is ego, want is desire. Remove ego & desire and you will get peace. Desire & expectation - what's the relationship