The world is full of challenges. This is portrayed by the battlefield in which Arjuna, the individual, was placed. There he saw his beloved patriarch Bhishma, his revered guru Dronacharya, and many family members in the opposing army. His resolve to fight the battle was shaken and overwhelmed Arjuna.

Many of us find ourselves in this predicament. The student all set for the exam is rattled by last minute nerves; the job aspirant with dream qualifications fails the interview, and a CEO bungles at the crucial moment. Faced with inevitable challenges, you flounder, become incapacitated and fail. The Gita rehabilitates, rejuvenates, reconstructs your personality and empowers you with the technique of living. With this knowledge Arjuna was able to lift himself up and gain victory. And so can you. You cannot stop the waves in the ocean of life, but you can learn to ride them and emerge triumphant.

In Chapter 2 Arjuna asks Krishna, "Who is a perfect person? What is his inner nature and how does he interact with the world of finitude?" Krishna defines a perfect person as one who has completely abandoned all desires as a result of being fulfilled in the Self. It is desire that takes away your might and power. Desire comes in the way of success. Unfulfilled desire agitates the mind and causes stress. Desire enslaves and weakens you. To regain perfection you need to drop desire. However desire cannot just be wished away. You can only take up a higher desire that is more gratifying. The lower fascinations drop of their own accord.

Go back to your own life. As a child you were captivated with toys. Today you have no desire for toys. How did the desire go away? You just moved on to more satisfying things, and the desire for toys dropped. As a spiritual child you are now stuck with physical and material playthings. Move to emotional joys and material preoccupations no longer have a grip over you. Pick up an intellectual ideal and the emotion loses its charm. Take the final plunge to the spiritual and nothing will hold you back. All desires drop. You regain your immortal stature.

As you rise above desire, objects of desire come to you, unsought. The way to gain the world is to escalate to higher realms. You will obtain the lower effortlessly. Thus you become successful, happy and grow to your Divine potential.

Krishna underscores the importance of sense control which requires a strong and alert intellect. With a powerful intellect that keeps the senses and mind subdued you take off into higher realms. He concludes with the definition of happiness. We all seek happiness but are clueless about where it lies or how to obtain it. Here is a clear indication that you can follow to rise to higher levels of happiness until you attain infinite happiness. Thereafter nothing in the world will impact your bliss.

Krishna concludes, "This is the state of Brahmn. Having attained it one is not deluded again. Being established in it one attains union with Brahmn even after death".