About the Book Our mind works continuously till we breathe last. Our intellect creates our Karma. Our wild desires and ego produce conflicts by continuous demands. Hence we remain unhappy and agitated even though we may possess enormous prosperity and power! Such a 'Battle of conflicts within' goes on all through life and we are tossed in the tsunami "tornado of our longings in the mind". How to be victorious in this battle? How to attain happiness, and fulfilment? This book provides answers to such questions. Herein the wisdom of the ancient knowledge, an analysis of the Self, connected with our attitude towards life have been blended together to achieve practical as well as spiritual enlightenment.
About the Author Born in 1936, Dr. Ram Shanker Tiwari, MSc. Ph.D., former Director of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow and Emeritus Scientist, CSIR, New Delhi is a highly reputed scientist in the field of Earth-and-plant Sciences. Dr. Tiwari writes in the field of natural science and the science of living beside his outstanding contribution to researches in his specialised branch of botany. His books usher into novel aspects of spirituality, science, philosophy, success and modern perspective of living.
Preface Violent Cyclone of Sufferings Human mind can be ideally happy, in continuum, when all its desires are fulfilled and when one's life attains a zero-agitation state. Desires, longings or thirsty tendencies multiply according to geometrical ratio: two to four, four to sixteen, sixteen to two hundred fifty six (16 x 16), and then infinitude! Such is the arithmetic of our sensuous hunger. But, alas! The desires can never be satiated totally, and this perpetual incompleteness makes us miserable, injecting the pain of void in our veins. Even in dreams! We may have fabulous wealth and ineffable power, yet depression, turmoil, worry, angst and unclassified emptiness do not leave chasing us frantically. Therefore, it is essential to discriminately understand the infrastructure of melancholy, grief, unhappiness and frustration (cumulatively known as Klesha). The equation of happiness and unhappiness is pivoted upon the ratio of non-attachment and intense desires!
Every elemental existence in the world is changing every split second. The only unchangeable phenomenon is the process of ever-and-ever change! Leaving other aspects apart, our mind, ego and the so-called intelligence are also undergoing rapid alteration.
Introduction One must contemplate and thoroughly reflect upon the teachings of Gita; then other treatises of knowledge are not required because the Gita has been directly narrated by Lord Krishna Himself Mahabharat, Bhisma Parva 43 (1) The Srimadbhagwad Gita is a divine poetry in which love, devotion, action, grace and philosophy of life as well as creation have been harmoniously synthesized. This is an art of living and a science of fulfillment. It has been accepted and lauded by all: both from east and west:
Comparatively, our modern world and its literature appear to be insignificant and of little worth. Henery Thory It is an experience as if a Kingdom is addressing to us; nothing is small or superfluous, rather all is grand, serene and immutable Emerson.
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