INDIVIDUALITY in SPIRITUALITY:

Many people have misunderstandings about Spirituality, they think Spirituality means giving up our Individuality. But in reality Spirituality is not about giving up but realizing our individuality. Many times people says be yourself, yes be yourself but be your higher self not your lower self. Some people have misconceptions that human Will & divine Will are in war with each other and If we surrender to Supreme Will then we will loose our Will....LOL. But in reality Human Will is founded & fulfilled in Divine Will. 

Vedic Scriptures Gita is a Spiritual Yoga book which reveals the vision of God who respects the human Intelligence & Free Will. Gita is not a book of commandments, but it is book of choices & consequences of choosing these choices. Existence of Free Will necessities us to use our Free Will. It means God has given us our family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, animals.....this material world so we can practice our Free Will. Yes, it is up to us how Deliberately we want to use our Free Will & Intelligence while interacting with other souls including nature.

Like practicing Physical Yoga we can brings out our Physical personality similarly by practicing Spiritual Yoga ( means linking our eternal Soul with Supreme Soul means unconditional love to God ) we will brings out our pure, loving, enthusiastic & UNIQUE Spiritual personality. So surrendering to Supreme Will is not about giving up our Will but perfecting our Will. In day to day life it means be God conscious while acting in this world.

Bg 18.26 -- One who performs his duty without association with the modes of material nature, without false ego, with great determination and enthusiasm, and without wavering in success or failure is said to be a worker in the mode of goodness.

Bg 18.58 -- If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost. Vedabase.com

Bg 18.63 -- Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.

Article is based on link below by 
HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu. 

http://www.gitadaily.com/human-will-is-founded-and-fulfilled-in-the-divine-will/

Thank You.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION & SOURCE:

I am inspired to hear & read Vedic Scriptures & other philosophy by regularly hearing Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale known as Dadaji ( speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read everyday the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: Good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com ( Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures ). Hearing & reading these scriptures daily are purifying to our senses, nourishing to our heart ( Soul ), transcendental to our consciousness and uplifting to our emotions.

It is always good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. I am posting articles based on Vedic scriptures and expressing my opinion, thoughts, understanding & emotions. Writing/sharing the articles is my Devotion to God/Gita/Guru. Of course I use Smartphone/Google/Pexels search to collect some data. Thanks to Facebook/Social media for providing me the platform.

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE.

Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of Guru & God ( Krishna , Absolute Truth ).

NOTE:

I use the word Hearing instead of Listening when it comes to Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either Quran, Bible, Jainism, Buddhism,Gita or any other Philosophy that makes sense to us, purify us , elevate our consciousness and qualify us to understand the God and instill the love for God & his creation. ( whichever way we can understand the God, Form or Formless..or Universal Consciousness or Energy ...etc ).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion & Depiction ( means image, picture...etc ) but try to understand him by Definition through Scriptures. Transcendental subjects of God & his creation can not be understand by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why circle is circular? Just by definition circle is circular similarly by definition God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see the God besides above mention qualities as a eternal living person ( not a abstract or some kind of light ) known by name Krishna means who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, form, abode, many incarnation, activities, qualities, associates, full of wisdom, bliss, cause of all causes.