The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 11.5. Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 08, 2021. 9:03.PM. Chapter-11. Participating with the Intention of the Universe -5. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti) Post-5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There is a beautiful phrase uttered by a modern thinker: The universe is in travail at the birth of even a single event. Travail is the pang of birth, and at the birth of even a single event in the world, the pang is felt by the whole universe because the whole universe is made up of such substance as is present in the operation and activation of any event anywhere. Or, to give our old homely example, the activity of any single part of our body is, at the same time, the activity of the whole body. Thus, unless the whole universe contributes its might and cooperates in a given manner, we would not be existing here as a person. But why ...