No sleep

A product of my nostalgia, which just won't go: 

AALAP · no sleep

Sitting in my Versova home, all by myself, making these all night long. What times.

Bhagvad Gita // Gandhi

Just got done reading the Bhagavad Gita as written by Gandhiji. Made a note of the things that stuck: 

1. Don't worry about the fruit; keep doing your work all day every day. 

2. Figure out your duty. That's what you need to keep on doing without any distraction.

3. Live a detached existence. Even in charity, be detached. 

4. Violence is not an option. God will humble those who feel the need to express themselves violently. If someone has hurt you, pray/ meditate on it. What needs to happen will be willed into happening. 

5. Silence is golden when there are no answers.

6. Personal God vs The Unmanifest.

7. Sattva / Rajas / Tamas - three states. Up to each man which state he desires and chooses to be in. 

8. Caste determines karma. Likewise, a person should have in him characteristics of all castes. The characteristics he possesses the most will eventually determine his actual caste, not the one he's born in. 

9. True success falls upon he who treats his karma, his duty, as a form of prayer and performs it religiously. (Basically, if writing/ music/ filmmaking are your duties, do them in a way that while doing them you consider yourself praying to the higher Gods.)