krishna say's to arjuna, 'they are already dead.'


arjuna feeling anxious and reluctant before the battle with his cousins who were tyrants ruling over a disputed territory, he stands on the hilltop looking down knowing much blood will be spilt.
'how can i fight my own family, my friends and teachers, a part of me' he asks.


those hindu love gods were hardcore, they called a spade a spade poetically, when it comes to loving and fighting, when it comes to duty. no compassion there, nothing but acceptance, the fatalist surrenders to a higher power and does his / her duty, what is our duty anyway, maybe duty is what fate brings us, war and love. maybe our duty is only to die well, hows that for a fatalistic attitude, i guess one should live well then. 
what does that mean, live well?
live without fear, for only the body can be killed, try to love well, be creative, attempt to beat your own demons, yeah that's kinda it really, later in the gita he describes how to do this effectively.
krishna also says, don't be attached to the results, here we have a fundamental truth, a magickal act. krishna is a manifestation of arjuna's higher self, the guru aspect, the godhead, the sum of all potential, the result of millions of incarnations. to do your duty will set you free, is that what voltaire said, i think he did in a different way.

when krishna reveals himself he does so in one of my favourite images ever, i think it's a magnificent image captured by above. 
could duty be will, as in magickal will?
i think it is the same thing, when true will meets duty meets fate destiny is born.
the quest still remains what is ones will, the answer can be found in ken robertson's brilliant book about education, the element, true will is doing what you love doing. it's the one thing you do that obliterates time, hours can pass and you be unaware, it's known to the body, you're body is naturally pushing you in that direction, your almost forced into it unless your unlucky enough to be in an education system that destroys it. it's not necessarily your passion but it's close, it's when the mind knows, it's when the mind is what you're doing, it's part zen and part everything, it's what the mayans called 'eight division sky place' it's pretty much following your intuition to it's natural conclusion. 
develop that through yoga and meditation, practice karmic yoga, be free from self imposed restriction.
often i return to the sages, just to remind myself what i already know, often i flick through all these wise words from various traditions, i take out the crap, the fat, 'the thou shalt nots' for what is left is everything. soon i will explain the kabbalistic meaning of the old testament, i will attempt it, but it is a very tricky concept, it may take the rest of my life, it may take one post, who knows anything when you know everything, not me, i know nothing.