What subjects have I subjected myself to today?
The word, subject, is both a noun and a verb.
When used as a noun, subject, means a person or thing that is being discussed. For example, “The teacher brought up the subject of Lord Krishna tending the cows.”
When used as a verb, subject, means that an object or person is being caused or forced to undergo something. For example, “At her job, Leela is subjected to a hearing gossip.”
Here’s a question one can ask oneself:
What subjects have I subjected myself to today?
If you don’t like what you’re subjected to, change the subject.
In fact, the bhakti scriptures and great masters of devotional service say that there is a subject that is so exalted that simply by hearing or thinking of it, one will reach the perfection of life.
They recommend, therefore, that one use one’s full time simply to search out this topmost subject and then to, somehow or other, fix one’s attention on it.
The best subject, they say, is Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead: His form, name, qualities, instructions, and pastimes.
“The symptom of a living being is that he cannot remain silent even for some time. He must be doing something, thinking of something or talking about something. Generally the materialistic men think and discuss about subjects which satisfy their senses. But as these things are exercised under the influence of the external, illusory energy, such sensual activities do not actually give them any satisfaction. On the contrary, they become full with cares and anxieties. This is called maya, or what is not. That which cannot give them satisfaction is accepted as an object for satisfaction. So Narada Muni, by his personal experience, says that satisfaction for such frustrated beings engaged in sense gratification is to chant always the activities of the Lord. The point is that the subject matter only should be changed.”
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.6.34; purport.)
Om Tat Sat
Vaisesika Dasa
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