7 Secrets to Willpower: How to Apply the Ancient Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to Manifest What You Want

The opposite road, in which most people find themselves, is one of self-destruction. “Selfish desires are found in the senses, the emotions, and the intellect; they bury the mind in delusion”. And because they pull us downwards

henever we work towards the road of self-realization, our creativity is pulled upwards and expanded, with insights, energy, motivation and an unlimited supply of ideas, which keep coming for as long as we persist and go beyond the challenges that are encountered. “Wisdom is hidden by selfish desire - hidden by the urge to satisfy appetites that can never be satisfied”.

People that are connected to their actions, are responsible for their actions and achievements, as well as the consequences of their decisions. Therefore, it becomes obvious that these two elements, i.e., knowing and doing, eventually lead to a third naturally, which is having.

he yoga of knowledge, or union with the world of information, is acquired when we experience life through our mind, when we rationalize the things that happen to us as cause and effect, and unite ourselves with what we want to acquire in the process. Such attitude may include reading, traveling and meeting people that can teach us valuable lessons, but also the simple act of asking and listening.
The yoga of action is based on what we must actually do to experience. It’s manifested in our commitment to our goals, our inner will and our future.

And it says that “there are two forms of yoga by which perfection may be attained. One form is the yoga of knowledge. The other is the yoga of action”.

there are two forms of yoga by which perfection may be attained. One form is the yoga of knowledge. The other is the yoga of action”.

the key to your inner power comes in the form of a triangle that awakens and develops consciousness. The Bhagavad Gita describes it as yoga, or union with the divine.

“Those who are focused on the objects of the senses, become attached to those objects. From attachment comes desire; and from desire comes anger; from anger comes confusion of mind; from confusion of mind comes loss of memory; from loss of memory comes loss of intelligence; and from loss of intelligence comes destruction”.

Karma isn’t only something that happens to us but also something that we do to ourselves. And that’s why “when no pleasure and no desire can touch the soul, then you experience the highest state of consciousness” as, at this point, you can observe your relation with the world as being detached from inner will.

whatever we choose, has already been chosen. Our mind merely reflects the perceptions and postulates of the soul, and those are always related to our memories and emotions,