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Nature's Tug-of-War

The holiday season in Australia last year saw intense heat and terrible bushfires which claimed the lives of millions of wildlife, destroyed homes and created much hardship. This year we see a diametric reversal, heavy rains and flash flooding. This year, a barrage of storms have battered a 1000km stretch of land from Queensland to Northern New South Wales. The weather has been so intense that famous landmarks such as the beaches in Byron Bay are faced with significant erosion issues.


The Bhakti yoga wisdom elucidates that the material world we live in is full of duality. Weโ€™re always faced with happiness and distress - thereโ€™s no significant or permanent period of one or the other. Just prior to an enormous battle, Krishna tells to His dear friend and disciple, Arjuna:


โ€œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ช๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™Š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™—๐™š๐™™.โ€ (Bhagavad Gita 2.14)

By seeking happiness and contentment in the non-material, the pursuit of spiritual awakening, we can easily bypass the temporary distresses and the temporary happiness that the physical world brandishes us with.





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