Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Text 11
The Bhagavad Gita, 16.11, explains that as long as we are going to be attached, we will be fearful.
Whenever we start experiencing fear, we allow that fear to activate our imagination and feel overwhelmed. Our fears always point towards something that we hold very close to ourselves.
What can our fears tell us about Ourselves?
If we use our fears as an inspiration to introspect ourselves, we can find out:
- What we are attached to?
- What is so special about the object, that it attracts us so much?
How does Bhagavad Gita’s knowledge inspire us to redirect our attachment?
The study of Bhagavad Gita, allows to understand that whatever pleasures or shelter we are expecting to get from the object we are attracted towards, we can get all that pleasure and infact much more from Krishna.
Why?
Because he is the source, source of all shelter, pleasure and attractiveness (BG 10.41).
The long standing process of Bhakti Yoga allows us to make Krishna our supreme object of attachment and start seeing all our other attachments in relationship to him.
So, does becoming attached to Krishna means that we don’t take any practical measures to deal with our fears?
No
It simply means, that only practical measures, alone, are not enough – we also need to take transcendental measure to spiritualize our attachments, by means of practicing Bhakti Yoga.
How does attachment to Krishna calm us amidst our fears?
The consistent practice of bhakti results in divine attachment with Krishna and directs our consciousness to flow naturally towards the Supreme personality of Godhead.
This flow of consciousness towards him, calms us amidst fearful situations. This is because we start understanding that he is the supreme spiritual reality and always resides us inside our hearts.
It does not matter how fearful the things are and how much they try to threaten us, he always remains our supreme well wisher and is competent enough to bring good even in the worst of the situations.
Therefore, when we are attached to Krishna, we become better in tolerating and transcending our fears.
The uncertainty of the material world still remains there, but our attachment towards the uncertain material world ends.