Tom, a Shakespearean actor, was finding it difficult to get roles because he couldn\u2019t remember his lines. One day Tom received a call. \u201cThis is urgent, Tom,\u2019\u2019 the caller told him. \u201cAn actor has fallen down and broken his leg, and, therefore, can\u2019t take the stage. Would you like to take his role?\u2019\u2019 \u201cSure,\u2019\u2019 said Tom, \u201cbut what about the dialogues?\u2026.I need time to read the dialogues\u2026\u2019\u2019 There is only one line to be learnt, Tom was informed. \u201cWhen you go on stage, you will hear a cannon shot and all you have to say is, `Hark, is that a cannon shot we hear?\u2019 Can you do that much?\u2019\u2019 Oh, that\u2019s easy, said Tom. As he dressed up for the part, he kept repeating, `Hark, is that a cannon shot I hear?\u2019 He kept repeating it in the cab on the way to the theatre. Backstage, they slapped his make-up on and pushed him on to the stage. The cannon boomed. And Tom\u2019s reflex response to that was, \u201cWhat the hell was that?\u2019\u2019 He was so worried about his line that he forgot to say it at the crucial moment. Instead, he responded to the cannon shot just as he would have if it was real. Had Tom developed a contemplative mind instead, he would have said what was expected of him. So, you see, it\u2019s not only for knowing the truth that one needs a contemplative mind, one needs it in every sphere of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Krishna gives us a few steps in Bhakti; which is twofold\u2013one is sadhana bhakti as a means, which we have been talking about until now, and the other is in terms of fulfillment, in terms of identification with Reality upon knowing the truth which will also be called bhakti. Both make up the 12th chapter. In response to Arjuna\u2019s question in… Continue reading 2.Something For Everyone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion-ch-12","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n