I view everything in the context of Lord Krishna's will, and for me, it is fine if things go in my favour or against.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a mindset of acceptance and understanding of divine will, regardless of outcomes.
Sushma Swaraj's quote emphasizes the importance of surrendering to a higher power, in this case, Lord Krishna, and finding peace in the acceptance of any outcome, whether favorable or unfavorable. It underscores a philosophical approach to life where one aligns their actions and thoughts with a greater spiritual context, promoting serenity in the face of life's uncertainties.
In practice
In a personal development workshop to encourage mindfulness and acceptance.
People often ask us what we get by our frequent travel to countries. I want to tell them we do not travel to have fun; we travel to build our relationship with other countries, and it is because of our ties with these countries that we were able to rescue 7,000 people from Yemen.
India believes that the world is a family, and the best means of resolution is shared discourse. A family is shaped by love and is not transactional; a family is nurtured by consideration, not greed; a family believes in harmony not jealousy.
My husband is an opposition MP. Our political alliance may have fallen through, but our matrimonial alliance is intact.
Just as 'Islam' literally means 'peace,' none of the 99 names of Allah mean violence. Similarly, every religion in the world stands for peace, compassion, and brotherhood.
For a moment she'd wondered if the seal around her sockets were tight enough to allow the tears simply to go on and fill up the entire lens space and never dry. She could carry the sadness of the moment with her that way forever, see the world refracted through those tears, those specific tears, as if indices as yet unfound varied in important ways from cry to cry.
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
I hear a drum in my soul's ear coming from the depth of the stars.
IN ALL MY FILMS, IT SEEMED IMPORTANT TO ME TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE, LOST IN AN EMPTY UNIVERSE, BUT THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED BY INNUMERABLE THREADS WITH THEIR PAST AND PRESENT, THAT THROUGH CERTAIN MYSTICAL WAYS, EVERY HUMAN BEING REALIZES THE RAPPORT WITH THE WORLD AND THE LIFE OF HUMANITY.
I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.
Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness.
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