INTRODUCTION
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Kṛṣṇa further explains the three modes. ‘O Bhārata, sometimes the mode of goodness, satva, becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and ignorance, and at other times, ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way, there is always competition for supremacy.
All of us are not completely caught in satva or rajas or tamas. We swing between satva, rajas and tamas. Sometimes we get up in the morning and feel fresh. We feel as if all our questions are answered; we are fresh, alive and we think we have become almost enlightened! Everything goes beautifully until evening. Suddenly we become restless. The very next day, we are in tamas. We don’t want to do anything. These mood swings take place continuously
Obesity and mood swings
are closely related. When
we allow these mood
swings to happen, we
torture ourselves.
Sometimes we are restless,
sometimes we are peaceful
and sometimes we are in
tamas. When we are in
tamas we don’t want to do
anything; we want to
escape from everything and
run away. We are caught in
these three modes of
nature: sometimes in
instinct, sometimes in
intellect and sometimes in
intelligence.