The event was for their daughter too, so why should I have to foot the bill? But will people of the future be interested in that? That seemed quite ridiculous, as that was never discussed beforehand. “Should I write about the argument I had with my relatives? We were going to organize an event together, and at the last minute they expected me to pay for everything. To the people of the future, it won’t make a difference. Do I discuss the hockey game I saw on television last night, how my favorite team came back to win in overtime? If I’m going to write about last night’s game, I might as well write about the one from ten years ago. “What should I write about? I can’t think of anything. On the way home, you can’t stop thinking about the assignment. They won’t be able to relate to your exact circumstances. Obviously, it should be important, because the people reading it will not know much about you. Imagine that this work will be read two hundred years from today. “Class, I want you to write an essay for the future generation. Not wasting any time, on the first day of class the teacher gives the first assignment. You won’t be stuck reading books from hundreds of years ago, from authors you’ve never heard of.
There’s no wrong way to think, is there? Some students are more creative for sure, but at least you should be free to write about things which interest you. Creative writing should be easy, you think. You’re not much of a writer, but this elective satisfies one of the requirements necessary for graduation.
This term you’ve enrolled in a creative writing class. It’s the first day of the semester in college. Just as His body is timeless, so are the words of instruction He passes on. His spirit and form are identical whereas for us the difference is always there. What separates Him from us is a lack of separation, namely between body and spirit. We know this from Vedic literature, which tells us that He has a transcendental form that is eternal, knowledgeable and blissful. The Supreme Lord is not an old man who holds a grudge against His sons and daughters who ignore His will. Then man could act accordingly and perfect the mission of human life.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, Introduction)ĭownload this episode (right click and save) “Being an associate of Lord Krishna, Arjuna was above all ignorance, but Arjuna was put into ignorance on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra just to question Lord Krishna about the problems of life so that the Lord could explain them for the benefit of future generations of human beings and chalk out the plan of life. Home › bhagavad-gita › Speaking To The Future
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