Aim

A prequel to the Bhagavad Gita is a story of how Arjuna stepped into his dharma. The King called all the warriors together, he wanted to find the best warrior, as they waited on the battlefield the King approached, as he sat on his throne, he commanded the warriors to shoot at the target, who ever hit the target would be the best. One problem, the King did not tell the warriors what the target was. With quivers full of arrows, the warriors began to shoot their arrows at anything they could find- trees, branches, leaves, animals, each other, it was bedlum and with the sky blackened with the arrows sent careening towards whatever they could hit- the King began to laugh, his Lila worked, not one of the warriors asked, or even wondered what the target was they just began shooting into nothing. Finally after the sky cleared of arrows, and the warriors stand exhausted for the mayhem, one lone warrior stepped forward, his quiver full of arrows, he did not even take a shot. He stepped forward and drew one arrow, he lined up his bow and he stood, staring into the forest, he stood for what seemed like hours, planted firmly and unwavering in his transparency to hit his target. Finally after many moments, he let go of the arrow, it flew through the forest, snapping, cracking careening forward and finally, as the field became silent you heard the arrow hit-- The King jumped up excited, and yelled Yes Yes you have hit the target, Arjuna you are the best warrior-- the other warriors became enraged and began to lunge toward Arjuna calling him a cheater, for no one that day after 1000s of arrows even knew what they were shooting at. The King explained, it was not the trees, the branched, the leaves, the small animals around the forest or each of you-- if you would have stopped stood in your true Dharma and listened to your heart, you would have also been able to hit he glistening eye of the bird that lay in the top of the branched far off in the tree-- instead of shooting aimlessly hoping to hit your target, ARjuna stood steadfastly rooted and through the vulnerability of his heart he could see, and from that place he let go an arrow, the only arrow he needed to keep his aim and hit his target. As the New Year approaches, there is temptation to shoot many arrows into the coming time, to forget that deep in our heart we know the answers, we just have to step into our dharma our duty. Our heart knows, and the incessant arrows only take us away from our truth. The moral, stand firm, listen to your heart and shoot one arrow towards your aim.... you will assuradly hit your target.