The Inevitable Separation: And Other Life Changing Lessons from Srimad Bhagavad Gita

By Ashok K. Sharma

Life is stressful. Some are stressed due to finances, some due to sickness, some due to family issues, and some are simply scared of death. How do you overcome these stressful situations? Would God help, do some wonder? Others debate his very existence.

The book The Inevitable Separation is a journey through life. It teaches you how to deal with stress and come out as a winner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Sep 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482855906

Ashok K. Sharma

Ashok K. Sharma is an IIT Delhi postgraduate with a PhD from USA. He currently works for a biomedical company in Minneapolis USA.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgement

Preface

Chapter 1 The Inevitable Separation

Chapter 2 Learn To Respect Your Body

Chapter 3 Do Not Fear Death

Chapter 4 Who Is God?

Chapter 5 The Divine Impartiality

Chapter 6 The Theatrical Experience

Chapter 7 Why Bad Things Happen To Good People?

Chapter 8 The Power Of Silence

Chapter 9 Untie Yourself

Chapter 10 Art of Meditation

Chapter 11 Connect With Your Innerself

Chapter 12 Act Or You Will Cry When You Die

Chapter 13 The Science Behind Karma Theory

Chapter 14 The Placebo Effect

Chapter 15 Does The Age Matter?

Chapter 16 Is It Bad To Be Religious?

Chapter 17 The Ultimate Truth (Param Satya)

Chapter 18 Life- A Level Playing Field

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am thankful to my sons Anurag and Saket for their support and help in writing this book. I am also thankful to our friend Sh. O P Sharma for his help in editing the book.

PREFACE

In June 2013, in Uttarakhand, a hilly state in India, thousands of people perished due to torrential rain which continued uninterruptedly for three days. Most were swept away by swollen rivers while others were crushed by heavy boulders. Some died clinging to the God’s idol at a famous temple site when the water filled the temple premises. In some cases the entire family vanished. It was heart breaking. Even the temple priests were not spared. People prayed, wept, cried and shouted for help but God did not answer their prayers. His own house was in shambles and His temple was badly damaged. The faith was shaken and in many cases lost for ever. Many vowed never to return to the temple again: Others blamed the younger generation for destroying the purity of holy places by making them tourist centers, conducting unreligious acts and honeymooning.

This is not an isolated incident. History is evidence to many such happenings. People lose their lives on the way to temples and churches. Devotees die; trains overturn and priests are burnt alive by hooligans and religious fanatics. We hear such news every day.

There has to be reason for such harsh punishments to mankind. After all those who die are not all sinners. In fact it is generally the honest and God fearing people who are most harmed while the corrupt people continue to have good time in their life.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Is God partial? Who is He anyway? Is He a man or woman? Are temples, churches, mosques His seats? How do we connect with Him? Is death the ultimate truth? What happens to us after death? Is life a level playing field for everyone? How do we overcome the fear of death and live a happy and peaceful life? These are the questions that always torment me and perhaps many others.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita, the famous Hindu religious scripture (hereafter referred to as Gita) answers some of these questions. The concept of God presented in Gita neither approves nor disapproves idol worship but stress on God being formless. "God is the creator of universe; He dwells in all living beings as souls. Everything is in Him but He is not in every thing", tells Lord Krishna to his disciple Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurushetra.

What happened in India can be called a man made tragedy: A cause and effect situation. If you make roads by cutting mountains