The More Outer Power We Get The More Inner Power We Need Gita 16.21

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the more outer power we get the more inner power we need today technology has increased enormously the outer power available to us by just a few clicks we can change the temperature around us we can talk with anyone thousands of miles away we can get any information from any part of the world such increased outer power through technological advancement is exciting it can however blind us to the corresponding need for inner power what is inner power it is our capacity to resist to regulate the dark forces within us the forces that can impel us to do dark deeds the Bhagavad Gita 1621 states that these forces can be broadly classified into three lust, anger and greed and they can make our life hellish trividham narkasyedam dwaram nasyanam atmanah kamah krodhah sathah lobhasthah smadhetatrayamtachet they can destroy our souls, they can make our existence hellish and they need to be given up, now these dark forces inside us can impel us to do dark deeds to some degree but if they gain access to the greater outer power provided by technology then the dark deeds they can impel us to do can become considerably more dangerous for example the dark force of lust when coupled with the unfiltered reach of the internet can inflame our can make us burn with craving by providing us the most depraved images produced by the most depraved minds from all over the world and the dark force of anger when coupled with the power of machine guns or worse still weapons of mass destruction can kill thousands of people that’s why the more outer power we get the more inner power we need now how do we gain inner power whereas outer power is developed is delivered to us ready by technology inner power needs to be developed individually individually by each one of us through spirituality time tested spiritual processes such as yoga and meditation help us realize that our core is non material and thereby they give us the impetus to resist materialistic desires and cravings and most empowering among such processes spiritual processes is the process of bhakti yoga for it links us with the all pure all powerful ultimate reality Krishna who acts like the sun to dissipate the dark dark forces within us today we are investing a huge amount of intelligence and energy in progressing technologically and developing inner power outer power if we invest correspondingly a fraction of our intelligence and energy in developing ourselves developing inner power through spiritual growth then that combination of outer and inner power can be used to further our all round well being thank you