Thy Will be done
Is part of the christian prayer
that I always assumed was part of a strict adherence
but then, if you let go
of any attachment to result
as the Bhagvad Geeta asks us to
and if the ‘Thy’ is God
and God is the Universe
then it means the same thing
Care for the String Theory, sir?
Yes it is the same thing. Thy is the God and Thy will is the explanation for anything that happens to you. Sounds fatalistic to some, complete surrender to some,letting go of any attachment to some, escapist to some and perhaps acknowledging and bowing down to the power of the ‘Thy’ by some. For me, it is the last one.
These few ‘graces’ too are really lovely Shekhar.
Thy Will be done
Dont attach to results
Know that everything will happen according to the scheme of things
are all the same
With the only difference though that:
Thy Will be done will be taken as Christian
What Bhagvad Gita will be taken as Hindu
The scheme of things when properly understood can be taken as universal.
Harb
The Islamic equivalent being, Insha-allah ( God willing),
the sanskrit word for ego being ahamkaaar , kaar is short for do, which means a sense of doership is the ego, which means total surrender is the egoless and the ultimately blissfull state.
Have you been to Ramesh Balsekar, the Advaita man of mumbai, Shekhar? He will remove the last trace of doership in your intellect .
If you are not in Mumbai, read about him in my newly released novel, A Grasshopper’s Pilgrimage. I haven’t changed his name. 🙂
Thy Kingdome come. Thy Will be done, on earth, as in heaven.
Your (addressing God) Will – as in God’s Will – may it be done on earth as it is in heaven. That is, let us hold Him in glory on earth as he is honored in heaven.
Does Man letting go of attachments to results ensure God’s Will is done on Earth?
You are not the doer of any action here, O Rama; so, why do you assume doership? When one alone exists, who does what and how? Do not become inactive, either; for what is gained by doing nothing? What has to be done has to be done. Therefore, rest in the self. Even while doing all the actions natural to you, if you are unattached to those actions, you are truly the non-doer; if you are doing nothing and are attached to that non-doership (then you are doing nothing) you become the doer! Page 131
It is only the egotistic and ignorant person who thinks “I do this”, whereas all this is done by the different aspects of the one self or infinite consciousness. Page 398
For, it is the will to do or not to do that binds, and its absence is liberation. Page 487
– Yoga Vasistha
#8 reminds me of a poem I wrote on an other blog, when a person was overly worrying about economic recession and sort of over-planning in beautiful words as to how to check it.
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Beautiful words
signifying nothing
what will happen will happen
has been happening
ever since big bang
yet it will be good
for, every contruction
is followed by destruction
but every destruction
if followed by consctruction too
That is not to say, though
that you should sit idle
you must do whatever
your knowledge dictates
yet it will serve only the above
scheme of things
so while doing the best we can
we should also know that
it is time we become a bit of stoics
New way of thinking?
ah, yes
those who think
all are separate
should learn to think
that all are united, one
but how all will think
as one, as One
this is the question
for an other day!
For the time being though
we can take solace
in the understanding
that if all is One
then One must already
be thinking as One
perhaps thinking like this
‘He’ is already taking his scheme of things
where he will
all we have to do is only understand
that all is well
Harb
PS: How about naming this poem “glimpses of perfection” lol.
The direct meaning is obvious and non-debatable. But if someone is looking for more there are metaphorical interpretations that could be applied beyond what is obvious. It is upto the temperament of the searcher to find the hidden meanings.
every thing is the doing , we we call life ,god ,demon etc. every one is on the either side of doing,so the conflict.one has to enter the opposite of his own doing, to come to conslusion of knowing that both are false. he will remain with non-doing, that day he will begin to see.
I guess god too if it really matters
thy will be done = unquestioning surrender, which , if achieved will bring in tow trust, joy, peace and hope.
stoicism is the net result with joy and peace coming as imperative bonus.
a formula worth trying.
not easy tho. not one bit easy.
Hi,
I don’t think it really wise to draw parallels between two religions. Any Tom, Dick and Harry can talk philosophy, the point is what is the truth meaning who is the true creator. Where are we going to after death? These are questions we should be concerned about rather than trying to delve into the similarities between faiths.
Great poem Harb, put me in peace, thank you for that.