The three Beginnings

प्रस्थानत्रयी / The Beginning.

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The Three Questions :

Who / What motivates you?

Who / What inspires you?

Who / What activates you? 

And the three answers respectively :

The Ignorance, - The Inertia, 

The Knowledge - The Memory,

The Intelligence - The Wisdom.

In a single aphorism as pointed out in the Gita :

प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ।।

Your innate Nature itself will prompt into action.

Why?

Again, a verse from the Gita :

अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति।।

नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः।।

The essential nature, groping in the dark of ignorance, with no foundation or the support any, full of conflict and doubt, seeks to find out the answer.

The Nature (प्रकृति / Prakriti) itself is the covered under itself in the very dark of itself - तमसाच्छन्नं - as is described in the : nAsadIya sUktaM / नासदीय सूक्तम्, as if in a tunnel, ridden with ignorance, lacking support any, afflicted with doubt, tries to overcome them all and to rest within its own eternal timeless bliss and peace.

"Who" denotes the Conscious presence; - the sentient Purusha.

"What" denotes the inert and insentient Prakriti.

The individual is but the Real "Who" has thear two aspects only.

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