Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals -14.1.8 & 9
23/12/2017. Chapter :- 14. The Gospel of the Bhagavadgita - 1.8 & 9. 1. Introduction -8 & 9 VERY IMPORTANT, KEEP IN MIND, ACT ACCORDINGLY : 8.1 It is the conflict between the individual and the world as a whole in the form of this vast creation. Man has estranged himself from Nature. This is the third conflict – the conflict between man and Nature. 8.2 The world seems to be outside us, and we seem to be strangers in this world. We are not sure whether we are really wanted in this world. Sometimes it looks that we are not wanted at all, and yet we, somehow, reconcile ourselves with the hardships of this mysterious creation and pull on in life, "get on", as we say. 8.3 The world is not going to be reconciled if we are not going to obey its laws. Because of a conflict of our individuality with the universal Nature, we suffer various pains – hunger and thirst, heat and cold, and, finally, death. 8.4 All these catastrophes of human life, and life in