HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JESUS

The war

Anyone who wishes to better himself in any way faces the necessity of effort�even struggle. The �war� of the Bhagavad Gita takes place internally, is a spiritual struggle to the death of ignorance and the ascendance of illumination.

Many never engage in the war, frightened away by the prospect of the sacrifice and strife. Those engaged in the spiritual war often would like to avoid it or mitigate it or somehow work out a �cease-fire.� They commit themselves to sure defeat by such a wish if they follow it through.

We, however, wish to succeed, to win the war, so let us listen to what Krishna tells us as we, too, quail before the prospects of battle.

It is our duty and our nature

�Even if you consider this from the standpoint of your own caste-duty, you ought not to hesitate; for, to a warrior, there is nothing nobler than a righteous war.�

from Happy the Warrior by Swami Nirmalananda LINK
Movie clip: Full Metall Jacket, Stanley Kubrick, 1987, LINK