A story related to Gita context building

A story related to Gita context building

One evening an old old man told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?’

The old Indian simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’ This is such a lovely story: so simple and yet so true. Each and every one of us has these two wolves running around inside us. The Evil wolf or the Good Wolf is fed daily by the choices we make with our thoughts. What I think about and dwell upon will in a sense appear in my life and influence my behavior.

Remember thought become words & actions. Which in turn become behaviour, and repeated becomes habit. And that builds your character. True for all teh characters in Mahabharata as well as in life.

We have a choice, feed the Good Wolf and it will show up in our character, habits and behavior positively. Or feed the Evil Wolf and my whole world will turn negative: like poison. The crucial question is “Which wolf am I feeding today”?
Therefore importance of spiritual activity as it helps identify that the Mind has enemies called greed,anger, pride jealousy, hypocrisy delusion. These are within, once these inside enemies are conquered no outside enemies remain.