Bewildered
Today, while distributing at the Los Angeles airport, I approached a man and offered him the Bhagavad-gita.
He said, "Oh, yes, I'm familiar with the Gita."
I asked, "Have you read it?
"I've read parts of it."
"So why don't you read the whole thing?
"It's not where I'm at right now. Maybe you can answer a question for me. What happens to a person who commits suicide?"
"He becomes a ghost."
"You've confirmed what I heard from a friend. About three months ago I was really close to committing suicide. I had met this girl who pretty much tore me up subtly."
"This book will definitly pick you up and help you out of the bewildered state of consciousness that would bring you to that point."
"What word did you say?"
"Bewildered."
"That's it! I was completely bewildered. But I don't want the Bhagavad-gita. I don't want any spiritual guidance. I just want to depend on fate."
"Fate is controlled by God, and he is coming to you right now in the form of the Gita to get your life together. And your refusing it!"
He pulls the book out of my hands and opens it up to see what message he will randomly get. He opens to 7.13,. reads the translation and then starts to read the purport. "Those who are bewildered by these three modes cannot understand that transcendental to this material nature is the Supreme Lord"
"There's that word again: bewildered."
I told him that practically everyone in this world is bewildered, but the Bhagavad-gita is meant to help us get out of this bewildered condition.
Then he opened the book again to see if another eye opener would come out. Sure enpugh it did. He read to me: Out of so many human beings who are suffering, there are a few who are actually inquiring about their position, as to what they are, why they are put into this awkward position and so on. Unless one is awakened to this position of questioning his suffering, unless he realizes that he doesn't want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all suffering, then one is not to be considered a perfect human being.
"All right you got me, I'll take a Gita. You know, from just talking to you for the past ten minutes and reading a few sentences from the Gita, I feel happier than I have in a long time."
All glories to the mercy of guru and Krsna.
