In India one will often hear the phrase, ‘when the time is right’. When the time is right, one will clear the exams, get in to the college that you always wanted to, find the right job, get married, have babies and so on. It is endless. For anything to materialize, the time must be right.
I had never paid any attention to this phrase and quite disliked it. But now I think there is some truth to that. I will explain myself. I had access to the book Bhagavad Gita right from the time I have been a child. My mother had a copy, my grandmother, my neighbors and just about everyone had a copy. Except my school, as it was Catholic.
At home, I was told not to expect any fruits after my exams. I would be sad as I love mangoes which would be the highlight of summer. Anyway, I had never bothered to read it until now and I was sort of afraid that I would never get it. I knew the gist of it (expect no fruits), but that’s about it.
Of late, I have the courage to read Bhagavad Gita, understand it and appreciate it. This is only because I started reading Upanishads at an ashram and I was getting the meaning the of what was explained. Then at KYM, I was introduced to Yoga Sutras. Ever since I had been to KYM, my life is divided into pre KYM and post KYM. I feel so different now. Something was just made open in my brain that I understand so much more.
Without this kind of help, if someone had told me about the Self and that it never dies or is never born, it would go right over my head. Like someone said something to me in French. Now that I am reading Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras and enjoying it so much, I think the time must be right for reading these books.
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