Bhagavat Gita says karmayogi is the best person. I used to study Gita in my teenage years but having a lack of experience in those early days, I did not make much sense of it. Now I do not read any spiritual historical documents, though I like to think that I am a very spritual person. I belive in the right of the individual to find and seek their own version of God or finding their own path to spirituality. Vivekananda said like all rivers lead to the ocean, different forms of worship eventually lead to one God.
Anyways let me come back to the main theme of this essay which is fantasy. My main thesis is that fantasy is a bad thing. It diverts your attention from reality. It makes you inward looking and egotistic. People who fantasize a lot also tend to be egotistic. A parent can see outside signs of good behaviour in a child, but they can not see if his or her mind is healthy. For a healthy mind is the one that is devoid of fantasies. Healthy mind sees reality and tries to make the best of it. Fantasizing mind tries to escape to fantasies and miss reality. That is why I think we need to focus and bring to attention the destructive nature of fantasizing. When you fantasize or brood, you are becoming the Arjuna of Gita who thinks too much before doing his duty. Krishna's chief message to him is that he should stop thinking and start acting.
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