SELF RELIANCE
This focus on self -reliance can be found among the non-rich as well: …a strong allegiance to the American Dream can lead even regular folks to overestimate their own self -reliance in the same way as rich people. As behavioral economist Mark Wilhelm of Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis pointed out, most people could quickly tell you how much they paid in taxes last year but few could put a dollar amount on how they benefited from government by, say, driving on interstate highways, taking drugs gleaned from federally funded medical research, or using inventions created by people educated in public schools. However, focusing solely on individual self -reliance ignores the reality of our dual particle/wave nature . None of us exists in a vacuum; we are all dependent on people and forces outside of us. As Albert Einstein once said: A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others. Our focus on self -reliance can even blind us about our selves. Ernest Becker, in his Pulitzer-winning book The Denial of Death noted: We don’t want to admit that we are fundamentally dishonest about reality, that we do not really control our lives. We don’t want to admit that we do not stand alone, that we always rely on something that transcends us, some system of ideas and powers in which we are embedded and which support us. This power is not always obvious. It need not be overtly a god or a stronger person, but it can be the power of an all-absorbing activity, a passion, a dedication to a game, a way of life, that like a comfortable web keeps a person buoyed up and ignorant of himself, of the fact that he does not rest on his own center. This preoccupation with self -reliance flies in the face of today’ s interconnected world . It also limits our potential. To understand this, think for a moment about computers. A computer by itself can make you productive in doing things like managing a business’s finances or writing a book. But a computer connected to the internet can do so much more. The same applies to people. To succeed in life it’s not enough simply be self -reliant; we need to be connected to the world around us as well. "Of one thing I feel certain: this same technical progress which, in itself, might relieve mankind of the great part of the labor necessary to its subsistence, is the main cause of our present misery. Hence there are those who would in all seriousness forbid the introduction of technical improvements. This is obviously absurd. But how can we find a more rational way out of our dilemma?" ~ Albert Einstein
Quote from the essense of Bhagavad Gita
Though the Lord is the ruler of the three worlds,he is absolutely free from ego,Sitting in the heart of the jiva He smiles watching the arrogant behavior of the jiva which is born out of his petty ego and pride.
All works is performed by the gunas of Prakriti. But he whose mind is deluded by egotirm things "I an the doer" Bhagavad Gita
I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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