The Importance of Acceptance

The true test of spiritual equanimity and balance is how one responds to adverse circumstances. Bikrishna provided his guidance to Arjuna in the middle of the battlefield of Gurukshyatra. There are numerous anecdotes about renunciates experiencing blissful meditations in their cave of Tapasya, who however, when they entered into society, exhibited anger or other disruptions of the vital energy as their peace was conditioned on their surroundings.