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September 2013

• 77) 18.57 – Seek shelter to wear the armor; use the armor to feel the shelter
• 76) 18.63 – Life is not a fixed match, but Krishna can help us fix it
• 75) 18.71 – The words will change us – provided we don’t change the words
• 74) 18.46 – Complement spirit with spirituality for complete success
• 73) 18.66 – Whatever karma may get us to, Krishna will get us through
• 72) 18.58 – Empower your thoughts to break free from their tired and tiring avenues

August 2013

• 71) 18.61 – Krishna is not doing things to us; he is doing things for us
• 70) 18.22 – Tune in to yourself to best tune in to the world

July 2013

• 69) 18.42 – If we can’t ban sin from the heart, we can still banish it
• 68) 18.38 – Discover the right way to enjoy our right to enjoyment
• 67) 18.46 – Preoccupation with occupation is not devotion
• 66) 18.28 – Fretting is like overcooking a rotten vegetable in our head

June 2013

• 65) 18.42 – Those who respect the command of God command the respect of the world
• 64) 18.26 – Life in goodness is not life in slow motion
• 63) 18.58 – Life determines our problems; we determine their size

May 2013

• 62) 18.61 – The first purpose of life is to discover the purpose of life
• 61) 18.58 – Krishna offers us shelter, not a hiding place
• 60) 18.73 – Send resentment to retirement

April 2013

• 59) 18.65 – Realization comes by riveting to the relationship, not the ritual

March 2013

• 58) 18.58 – When Krishna doesn’t understand…
• 57) 18.56 – The summit that reaches down to the trenches
• 56) 18.38 – Are we drinking poison to quench thirst?
• 55) 18.22 – Are we meant to be characters in a cartoon show?
• 54) 18.66 – Love values, but value love more

February 2013

• 53) 18.66 – The bond that sets us free
• 52) 18.57 – Fighting vices is like fighting weeds: we are always slightly behind
• 51) 18.76 – Love of words in the words of love
• 50) 18.73 – The sacrifice of life, the life of sacrifice

January 2013

• 49) 18.04 – Don’t massage or pinch the false ego; pat it onwards
• 48) 18.38 – The human talent for misery
• 47) 18.48 – Forgive the unavoidable, avoid the unforgivable

December 2012

• 46) 18.58 – Are we seeking counsel from our fears instead of from Krishna?
• 45) 18.37 – Be cruel to be kind
• 44) 18.58 – The blows that break the shell of our isolation from Krishna
• 43) 18.33 – Increasing willpower – The only way and the best way

November 2012

• 42) 18.45 – Ending the perpetual u-turns in our quest for happiness
• 41) 18.37 – Conviction and purification take us from the poison to the nectar

October 2012

• 40) 18.58 – Hunted, haunted – transcended

September 2012

• 39) 18.63 – Don’t give up the intelligence; go beyond the intelligence
• 38) 18.73 – When relevance becomes irrelevant…
• 37) 18.40 – Beyond Denial and Dismissal to Determination
• 36) 18.32 – When the conscience is dumbed and numbed and dumped…
• 35) 18.76 – Are our thoughts impoverishing or enriching us?

August 2012

• 34) 18.66 – The Gita is Categorical and Rhetorical
• 33) 18.70 – Veneration, comprehension, application, transformation: The four stages in our relationship with the Gita
• 32) 18.58 – Let’s not tell Krishna how big our problems are; let’s tell our problems how big Krishna is
• 31) 18.55 – Claiming that the unknown is unknowable is claiming to know the unknown

July 2012

• 30) 18.76: The two wonders of Gita wisdom
• 29) 18.42: Shun senselessness or shun the senseless mind
• 28) 18.57 – Krishna-thoughts are soothing, satisfying, strengthening and sublimating
• 27) 18.58: If no time for meditation, then time for frustration
• 26) 18.22: The monomania of machines, mechanistic thinking and mechanical behavior

June 2012

• 25) 18.67: What are our thoughts giving us: frustration or jubilation?
• 24) 18.54: Comparison: The futile pastime of the mind
• 23) 18.73: Krishna’s message paves the way for his ultimate miracle

April 2012

• 22) 18.36: Are we waiting for a holy cloud to form around our heads?
• 21) 18.38: Material Letdown and Spiritual Breakdown: The Twin Troubles of Transgression
• 20) 18.76-77: Meditation is not a dulling duty, but a thrilling opportunity
• 19) 18.63: Krishna walks with us, but not for us

March 2012

• 18) 18.63: The Gita transforms the head into a runway for the heart
• 17) 18.58: True to oneself or true tool to one’s self?

February 2012

• 16) 18.64-65: Love that doesn’t appoint to DIS-appoint
• 15) 18.32: Rationalize = Rational + lies: Glamorizing lewdness as “boldness”

January 2012

• 14) 18.58: With Krishna, we flourish; without Krishna, we perish
• 13) 18.66: Surrender is not about giving up, but about going up
• 12) 18.73 – An intellectual adventure with an emotional climax
• 11) 18.58: Our fear of insignificance traps us in insignificance
• 10) 18.33-35: Gita insights for New Year resolutions

December 2011

• 9) 18.73: Questioning our questions
• 8) 18.37: Lack of devotional appetite is natural yet unnatural
• 7) 18.55: Familiarity is not understanding
• 6) 18.78: The Gita guarantees ultimate success
• 5) 18.73: From “Is God with me?” to “Am I with God?”
• 4) 18.65: The Bhagavad-gita enthrones the path of love

November 2011

• 3) 18.37: The Secret of Enlightened Enjoyment
• 2) 18.64: When demoralized, let’s turn to the Bhagavad-gita
• 1) 18.25: A moment of indulgence, a lifetime of repentance