If there is confusion in your mind, then these teachings of Bhagavad Gita can change your thinking.

Every person feels confused in some situation or the other once in his life. Confusion is a feeling in which a person has difficulty in choosing between two things. The person often remains restless and worried due to confusion. For this reason, people try to get away from confusion for peace of mind. This confusion can be understood through Bhagavad Gita. The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita not only explain why confusion occurs but also explain how one can attain freedom from it.

Bhagavad Gita is a very special book in Sanatan Dharma, in which answers to every question related to a person’s life are found. In this religious text, the episodes of Mahabharata along with the teachings given by Lord Krishna to Arjun have been specifically described. It is told in Bhagavad Gita that Pandava son Arjun also struggled with confusion. Then Lord Krishna gave him such teachings, after listening to which Arjun’s attitude towards confusion changed.

Also read: Horoscope for May 20, what will change your fate on the day of Vinayak Ganesh Chaturthi? Know

Why is there confusion?

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verses 62 and 63 describe the confused feeling of a person. It is said that a person faces problem in choosing one thing in life when he gets too attached to things. Because of this the person is not able to make the right choice.

Verse 62
When a man meditates on objects, attachment to them arises.
From attachment lust is born; from lust anger is born.

Verse 63
From anger comes delusion, and from delusion delusion of memory.
By the loss of memory, the loss of intelligence is destroyed.

Also read: Enemy of Vishnu, devotee of Shiva, how Ghantakarna demon became the protector of Badrinath?

The meaning of both these verses is that a person is confused because of anger and attachment. When there is excessive attachment to something, the person’s intelligence starts getting affected. Seven stages of decline of intelligence have been described, which can also result in the downfall of a person. Now the question arises that what are these 7 stages of confusion?

7 stages of confusion

According to Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna has said that a state of confusion can lead to the downfall of a person. Confusion begins with difficulty in choosing a subject, which later turns into attachment, desire, anger, confusion and loss of intelligence. Let us understand what each step says.

1. Thinking again and again –When a person thinks about a luxury item again and again, that item gets settled in his mind. That means the person starts getting attached to that thing. This is the first stage of man’s fall.

2. Attachment –When a person thinks about the same object again and again, he becomes attached to it. He starts considering that thing as his own. This attachment later becomes the cause of sorrow.
3. Desire –Due to attachment, desire or desire arises in the mind of a person. After this his mind becomes restless to get that thing.

Also read: Enemy of Vishnu, devotee of Shiva, how Ghantakarna demon became the protector of Badrinath?

4. Anger– When a person’s wish is not fulfilled, anger arises within him.

5. Attachment- Due to anger, a person’s attachment towards that object increases further. In this situation he is unable to take the right decision. The person becomes unable to differentiate between the pleasant and the unpleasant. In this situation, confusion arises, due to which he may take wrong decisions.

6. Forgetting the lesson– Due to attachment, a person starts forgetting his life’s lessons. During this time he also ignores the education given by his parents and teachers.

7. Destruction of intelligence-Due to forgetting the lessons learned throughout life, a person’s intelligence starts getting destroyed and he is unable to differentiate between right and wrong.

Also read: Will all be well in your life on Tuesday? read horoscope

How to get rid of confusion?

In Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna has said that confusion can be controlled only when a person controls his mind and emotions. This has been mentioned in the seventh verse of Chapter 6 of Bhagavad Gita.

The Supreme Self is concentrated in the tranquil of the conquered soul.
in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonour.

The meaning of this verse is that one who has conquered his mind, gets freedom from confusion. Such a person can face even difficult situations with a calm mind. Overall, every person should control his mind. Only then will he be able to come out of confusion and take the right decision.