Re: [nukkad] Cohen

["Mahesh chandra gupta" <>]

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On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 Anna Morawska wrote :
>Dear All,
>
>I was just listening to Leonard Cohen and the following lines 
>just won't
>leave my mind   : ))
>
>"There is a crack in everything
>That's how the light gets in."
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Dear Anna,

The poem you sent is marvellous. The message is great. It is the 
same universal message in all cultures:

Don't worry about the future,
Don't about the past you grieve,
You can only shape the present,
In the present you must live.


[How do you like that? Probably not bad for instant 
composition!]

In a way, the same message is reflected in Que sera, sera.

When young, I debunked such thought. Why should I not worry about 
the future? Why not plan it? Is there an  entity called fate? If I 
don't worry about future, I will never be able to develop my 
career. These were the thoughts when I was young. Now, those 
thoughts have mellowed. I believe now that there is something 
called fate. Had there been no fate, and if I had to become a 
lawyer, I could have passed LL. B.  in 1964 and be in league with 
Soli Sorabji or ram Jethmalani, with 40 years law practice behind 
me. But, fate ensured that I become professor of medicine first 
and then do not only LL.B. but LL.M. too, and be a lawyer at 59.

The message of Gita is not much different. Lord krishna says in 
verse 54, chapter two:

Karmanya ev adhikaraste,
Ma phaleshu kadachina;
Ma karma phal heturbhu,
ma te sangastu akarmani.


  [Yours is to do thy task,
Without worry about result;
Nor influence its outcome,
Nor sit idle and just sulk.]


NB: The above may not be exact translation of the verse, but it 
conveys the essence in my own words].



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