Sojourn Of Arjuna (LP版)-Bela Fleck

[ti:Sojourn Of Arjuna (LP版)] [ar:Bela Fleck] [al:Left Of Cool] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Sojourn Of Arjuna (LP版) - Bela Fleck [00:00.49]So Arjuna and Krishna you know [00:02.43]They're hanging out on the battlefield [00:03.56]Arjuna is like tired of war [00:05.54]He's trying to get out of this battle [00:07.70]So Krishna drops a little science on him [00:09.55]He says you know it's the way of [00:11.18]Spiritual growth [00:13.19]A man must go forth from where he stands [00:15.42]He cannot jump to the absolute [00:17.25]He must evolve toward it can you hear that [00:28.09]Krishna says at any given moment in time [00:30.52]We are what we are [00:38.44]Arjuna we have to accept the consequences [00:41.14]Of being ourselves and only through this acceptance [00:51.12]Can we begin to evolve further we may select the battleground [01:01.93]But we cannot avoid the battle [01:15.17]So Krishna tells Arjuna it follows [01:17.22]Therefore that every action under certain [01:19.77]Circumstances and for certain people [01:22.52]May actually be a stepping stone to [01:24.56]Spiritual growth [02:32.05]Arjuna is to do the best he knows [02:36.38]In order to pass beyond that best to better [02:45.04]How can we prescribe our neighbors to be perfect [02:47.60]When it is so hard to know our own heart [02:52.58]The pacifist must respect Arjuna [02:55.27]Arjuna must respect the pacifist [03:00.35]Both are going toward the same goal [03:02.58]If they are really sincere [03:05.97]There's an underlying solidarity between them [03:09.66]Which can be expressed [03:13.58]Each one follows without compromise the path [03:16.74]Upon which he finds himself [03:20.18]For we can only help others to do their duty [03:23.95]By doing what we ourselves believe to be right [03:28.77]It is the one supremely social act [04:17.82]So Kirshna's reply to Arjuna occupies the rest of the story [04:27.93]It deals not only with Arjuna's immediate personal problem [04:32.37]But the whole nature of action [04:35.89]The meaning of life [04:41.26]And the aims for which man must struggle here on earth [04:51.48]At the end of the conversation Arjuna has changed his mind [04:56.20]He's ready to fight he's ready to go ahead on [05:02.15]It is the way of spiritual growth [05:04.34]A man must go forward from where he stands [05:08.05]He cannot jump to the absolute [05:11.49]And the battle begins