Balancing with partial renunciation

Jan 30
Bhagavad Gita
When he withdraws his wisdom faculties from the enslavement of sense pleasures, he at first feels and emptiness; but when he goes deeper into meditation, his discriminative faculties consciously enjoy a new world of superconscious bliss, found only in soul contact with the Infinite.

When the vitality of concentration and wisdom is developed, it inspires the soul and the Intuitional powers; the inspired soul in turn reinforces the wisdom and intuition wit all- seeing powers.

When the Inner Self is urging the devotee to destroy even the mental or imaginary gratification of a sense pleasure, he reacts childishly by rebelling against any mode of self-discipline.

The devotee should now relax and not to be too strict in disciplining the unruly child, his unconvinced mind. This state is finally overcome by concentrating upon the peace born of even partial renunciation and reasonable effort in meditation, enjoying moderate appeasement in wholesome sense pleasure.

Soul - exactly what m doing now.

Bhagavad Gita.
When devotee finds himself bothered wit doubts, picturing a hollow victory wit his mind a deserted battlefield full of corpses of wisdom-slain material desires, he should rather think of the habitual material desires as enemies in disguise.
They promised him happiness, yet planned to give him only worries, insatiable longings, broken hopes, disillusionments and death!
Although it is hard in the beginning for him to give up the kinds of material pleasures that obstruct the expression of the soul, renouncing such evil is his only hope of gaining lasting spiritual blessedness.

Soul - yea, my doubt abt partial retirement cleared and I am reaffirmed after my visit to doctor last Thursday.

Bhagavad Gita
If devotees do not progress, it is because they discard their weapons of self-control; a discouraged devotee often gives up all self-discipline when he does not attain spectacular achievements in spiritual path.

He refuses to meditate, avoid his spiritual instructor/teacher/lessons and drifts into a mental dimness of spiritual indifference in which there is only an occassional glimmer of intuitive perception.

This lackadaisical state of mind should be remedied by regular meditation and constant discrimination against sense mind's false arguments.

All is far from lost so long as the devotee thus strives to attune himself to the guidance and grace of the Divine Charioteer who, come to the aid of the devotee.