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If spiritual laws are known, practised and perfected by every being there would be better appreciation for all religions, more respect and love for one another , and peace in this world.
Know that the whole of nature is for the soul and not the soul for the nature.”
Thinking isn’t a necessity. You have to think only when you need to get something done. “Of the secrets I am the silence, ” Krishna says, continuing his discourse with Arjuna. Silence isn’t the absence of thoughts. Neither is it about keeping quiet. Silence is a state of being where you think only when it is necessary.
A still mind is man’s greatest asset. When your mind is alert you identify yourself with the Purusha (the self) and experience great strength. When your mind is weighed down by thoughts , your identification leans towards the thoughts and you drift in the cycle of pain and pleasure.
Thoughts become powerful when you choose to create them. Thoughts drain away your energy when you allow your
circumstances to influence your thoughts. Never forget :You are responsible for your thoughts but you are not your thoughts.
“You can only become something which you are,” Krishna explains. “You can never become something which you are not.”
Krishna doesn’t believe in sin. He believes only in error arising due to ignorance of the spiritual laws.
So grieve not for the dead , O Arjuna , and at all times engage in yoga. Him I deem the most integrated who worships me with absolute faith, his inner self completely absorbed in yoga.”
1) You have to learn to overcome the flaws of attachment. We’ll cover this in great detail in a separate chapter. Krishna says that there’s nothing wrong in forming relationships and associations but one has to remember that every relationship carries with it the flaw of attachment. The flaw of attachment means an agent which binds one being to another- a father to a son, a mother to her child a husband to his wife. This agent operates within you and makes you think and act in a particular manner , binding you within the confines of the earth world and the lunar sphere. This agent , says
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2) You have to master the spiritual laws , remember the four parallel worlds , and strive to conduct your daily activities in line with these laws to transcend to the world beyond the lunar sphere. 3) You have to be free of lust- We’ll cover this in a separate chapter. Krishna doesn’t view lust as a sin . He terms it ignorance arising out of low vibration of your mind. Krishna simply says not to worry if you’ve lusted a million times before. It doesn’t matter. Simply increase the vibration of your mind and the agent of lust will disappear. 4) You have to train your mind to be fixed in the
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at all times. When you succeed your mind won’t wander and it will remain in perpetual communion with Krishna. These four characteristics form the yoga of transcendence and will help you reach Krishna. What Krishna wants to convey is this: Giving charity, meditating cross-legged, performing sacrifices and such related activities , will help you purify your mind and makes you fit for the yoga of transcendence; but these actions by themselves aren’t necessary to reach him. He who has developed and strived towards achieving perfection in those four characteristics can only reach Krishna . Others
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The soul isn’t so fragile as to be influenced by thoughts of lust. The serenity of the ocean isn’t disturbed by few erratic waves.
Never feel guilty, says Krishna. There’s nothing like a bad thought or a bad action. There are only bad agents which represent the lower nature of Prakarti. You aren’t the Prakarti. You’re pure and you can never become dirty. A diamond even if it is kept years in a garbage can not lose its lustre. It will radiate the moment you uncover the dirt.
Whenever this agent of Cupid strikes you , do two things: 1) Simply remind yourself that your mind is at a low vibration. 2) Sit down in silence and increase the rate of vibration of your mind. If you follow these two steps you’ll quickly discover that you’re a gigantic soul. The thoughts of lust are nothing but erratic patterns of human thinking which arises due to association with the lower agents of Prakarti.
Say to yourself, : “Thou for whom the world of flowers bloom, kindly accept my few common flowers. Thou who feedest the universe kindly accept my poor offering of fruits. I do not know how to worship thee, I do not know how to pray to thee. If there is any virtue in my worship let it be thine.. Grant me only love ... love that never seeks for anything... love that never asks for anything...love...love...love
Take a note pad and write these eight sentences. Remember to read them every day. 1) It’s impossible that I can ever lust. 2) It’s impossible that I can ever experience guilt. 3) It’s impossible that I can ever become impure. 4) There is only one sin in this world. Thinking about sin is the greatest sin. 5) I’m not my past thoughts. I’m not my past experiences. Experiences and thoughts can never create a dent to my real nature. 6) I have the freedom to dump my association with painful and guilty thoughts and embrace the greater part of my personality. 7) I will remember that every time that
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When I read the Bhagavad Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous. – Albert Einstein.
Creation, Krishna teaches, isn’t an addition of things, but always a projection of things which have already existed.
The goal of creation is to discovery unity. That which existed earlier and which is not subject to change. Anything subject to change can’t be the ultimate source of creation.
The human mind is vigorous at one time and weak at another because it can be acted upon by anything and everything. Therefore, the light which shines through the mind is not its own. Again, anything subject to change can’t be the source of its own intelligence. Accordingly, the human mind can’t be the source of its own intelligence. Its intelligence must have been borrowed from something else.
When you chant “Aum” you’ll feel a familiar power rising from the core of your being. Enjoy and revel in this mystical sound.
“I am the thread which runs through the pearls of all religions,” asserts Krishna.
God exists with form when all its characteristics of love, power, purity, unselfishness and sacrifice are reflected on a great personality like Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammed.
“Whenever virtue subsides and irreligion prevails I manifest myself again and again,” Krishna tells Arjuna. “Wherever thou finds a great soul trying to raise humanity know that he is born out of my splendour and that I reside in him.”
