Other articles in the series:
1. Why the same event triggers different people differently?
2. Influence of “The Iron Chain” on a person’s Perception and Behaviour
3. Influence of “The Silver Chain” on a person’s Perception and Behaviour
5. Why the same event triggers different people differently? -2
6. Free Will — The Most Powerful Weapon for Transformation
Once upon a time, there was a jungle where all the animals were harassed by the jungle king, Lio. He was eating out many animals every day. All animals were living in fear and decided to talk to Lio about this. They called for a meeting with Lio. All agreed that one animal will go to Lio’s den every day and that Lio won’t harm others. One fine day, it was the turn of a rabbit. Intentionally, he went late. Lio was very angry at the delay.
Lio, “How dare you to come late?”
Rabbit, “My Majesty, I started on time, but on the way, there was another lion who wanted to eat me. I protested that I am the food of your majesty. Somehow I managed to escape.”
“Another Lion?? How dare he come to my kingdom. Take me where he is!”, Lio ordered furiously.
Rabbit took Lio near a well. Lio saw his own reflection but because of anger, couldn’t realize it’s his own shadow. Enraged, he roared furiously and the roaring echoed back from the well, making Lio believe there is another lion inside. Planning to destroy his enemy, Lio jumped into the well to fight and died. Rabbit happily went home.
The golden chain, referred to as “the mode of goodness” as per Bhagavad Gita’s terminology, is considered the best among the three.
The philosophy of life of such a person is, “Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.”
The inclination of thoughts of a person pulled only by this chain moves naturally towards realism, solution conscious mindset, search for a meaning, spirituality and so on. In the above story, the rabbit was not thinking, “Alas! No one can save me, I will die” (pessimism). Neither was he thinking, “All is well, nothing will happen to me” (optimism). The situation was intense, his life was at stake, still, he didn’t give up. He was realistic. He worked on the problem, solved it and emerged as the saviour of all the residents of the jungle.
The decision making of such a person follows the pattern: “if we fail to plan, we are planning to fail.” The above story shows how the rabbit planned his way out. He reached late on purpose, cooked up a story, used ego of Lio to his advantage and killed him with his intelligence.
Such a person is highly productive. These are the people who move on to do something big in life. They have a goal and a strategy to work on. They don’t give up easily. They change their strategies, unlike others who take an easy route and change the goal itself!
His experience in the journey of life is like poison in the beginning, but nectar in the end. Poison because it takes courage, it takes the pain to achieve anything in life. But the end result, the goal, keeps them going and finally, they taste the nectar of achievement.
Such a person lives a life filled with a lot of happiness because of his realistic, encouraging and empowering personality.
It’s obvious why Krishna calls this particular chain or mode the best of the three in His most famous song, Bhagavad Gita.
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My personal suggestion: Please read the Bhagavad Gita As It Is by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for deeper insights.
