Question: When do we have to fight in “earthly” situations and when — to exercise humility?

Answer: Everyone has to go through the stage of kshatriya in one’s personal development.

At the beginning one is a student, that is a shudra, who is still unable of creating anything by oneself — neither big things, nor small ones. At this stage one has just to watch others do this and to learn by helping them.

Then one becomes vaishya. This step — in line with another scale of psychotypes — is the beginning of mastering the stage of a householder. In India such people were farmers, craftsmen, and merchants. To perform these tasks one has to have a developed intellect and be energetic to a certain degree. To ensure a proper reception of guests — does not it call for a lot of skills?

The next higher step (or the second half of the grihastha stage) — is a step of kshatriya. Now one becomes a fighting leader. In this struggle one develops psychoenergetically as well. In particular, fighting activates a special energy structure — hara! And this contributes to the effective functioning of anahata. Only that person has powerful love, who is energetic, which is determined by the proper function of hara. As we can see, one cannot to skip this stage. Therefore, we have to learn to struggle. But this should be done in an ethically impeccable way, that is in complying with principles of ahimsa of kshatriya, in particular.

As a result, we ascend onto a higher stage of brahman (or in line with another scale — of sannyasi, i.e. the one who renounced all worldly desires). On this stage, one does not need to repair automobiles or raise children for the sake of own personal development. The struggle conducted now is not external, but an internal one — for the full Perfection and mergence with God.