No one wants grief, sadness or distress, yet a lot of people are distressed these days.When Grief will End? In India, the situation is really worrying.

Our country has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the annual World Happiness Report 2021, finding itself toward the bottom of the index for the seventh consecutive year.

This is a disturbing data.

Why people are so sad? Maybe because they focus on the outer world and the outer form of everything that keeps changing.

Each Element is Changeable

Even science has approved that the existence cannot be turned into non-existence. Not a single entity of this world ends completely; just the outer form alters. You cannot destroy even a small component of a sand particle. Everything gets transformed like energy. The electric energy converts to sound energy and vice versa.

Not a single thing that exists gets annihilated completely. What we call creation, that’s also an alteration of form. The form changes, but the material remains the same. In the outer world also you will see transformations. But all these transformations and alterations depend upon a power that is perpetual.

Changes depend upon a Higher Power

Understand that all the transformations depend upon a power that is everlasting. Whatever is visible, depend upon something invisible. So, in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjun, you talk about the outer form, the physical layer, but I am not talking about that. I am talking about the soul that is present within this physical form.

The mental state also varies. In the course of time, people get intelligent and wise.

Lord Krishna further states, you talk about the body when you say that the body will die, my friends will die, my Guru will die, and my relatives will die, but I am talking about that soul which is perpetual, that was present earlier, that is present now and that will exist forever.

Now look from the perspective of science as well. We are transforming with each passing second. Every minute, the body changes. Its anatomy, blood corpuscles, digestive system, bone, every part of the body makes variations.

Focus on the Perpetual Element

Indeed, each element of nature is variable. Look at the constellation of stars and moon, they are not situated where you are finding them. We just perceive that star at that particular place where actually it is not present.

There are variations in everything. You put your leg for the second time in a river and know that even that river is not the same, its water is different.

Everything is fluctuating in this world. And therefore God says, do not focus on the alteration of the outer form. It is happening outside. Focus on something that never changes, that can’t be annihilated and which is perpetual.

Focus on that imperishable element. And when you start focusing on that, while performing your actions wisely, you’ll get free from your grief.

So, do not lose your heart over the temporary happenings in your life. The circumstances change. Live a virtuous life, be courageous, perform your duties prudently, and live a happy life forever.

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