Monday, August 21, 2006
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 34
34. Fear disappears when we are Alert
In the contemplative state of meditation we become alert and aware. When we do anything with awareness, there is no fear possible. From the fear enimity and war are generated-do not approach the Lord with fear. Once we know everything as the One, then there is no fear towards anything and anyone. In Gita, the Lord explains four kinds of the liberation- salokyam, saameepyam, saroopyam, & sayoojyam. Salokyam is the state in which we continue to see and experience the Truth without the influence of likes, dislikes & anger. Sameepyam is where we sit close to the Lord and serve him. There is no point in searching for someone at distant places when he is already very close. Know that the nature indeed is God. Third one is to attain the form of the Lord- Saaroopyam. Sayoojyam refers to a state where one becomes one with the Lord. This is the ultimate aim.
We are all serving and extolling God with a name and a form, and we will be able to attain the Truth through this as well. Continuous chanting of the Lord's name will make you forget the name. Any one repeating 'Rama.. Rama' will end up chanting Mara.. Mara..- you don't need to be a SageValmiki to do that. The one who stays put at Rama..Rama.. is not evolving -he is not improving. In chanting the Rama mantra, the one pointed attention is to maintain the name intact. But as the name gets upside down, the name and the chanter of the name become one and the same. There Rama takes birth as consciousness. Similarly when we continuously serve the form of the Lord, eventually the form disappears and He becomes formless. The word vi-graha (deity) is to mean the entity that enables us to grasp a greater vision in an auspicious manner.
Gita is not meant to be learnt by-heart -verse after verse. It is intended to create a transformation in us. There is no point in serving the Lord if that is not going to make useful changes in our daily life. Gita provides us with the answers to our doubts in times of mental conflicts and calamity. Its verses are replies provided by the consciousness (aham) of the total mind of the universe.
The Lord blesses his devotees most appropriately and adequately, in the ways they want him to bless them. All our present experiences -without an exception- are the results of our asking.
In the contemplative state of meditation we become alert and aware. When we do anything with awareness, there is no fear possible. From the fear enimity and war are generated-do not approach the Lord with fear. Once we know everything as the One, then there is no fear towards anything and anyone. In Gita, the Lord explains four kinds of the liberation- salokyam, saameepyam, saroopyam, & sayoojyam. Salokyam is the state in which we continue to see and experience the Truth without the influence of likes, dislikes & anger. Sameepyam is where we sit close to the Lord and serve him. There is no point in searching for someone at distant places when he is already very close. Know that the nature indeed is God. Third one is to attain the form of the Lord- Saaroopyam. Sayoojyam refers to a state where one becomes one with the Lord. This is the ultimate aim.
We are all serving and extolling God with a name and a form, and we will be able to attain the Truth through this as well. Continuous chanting of the Lord's name will make you forget the name. Any one repeating 'Rama.. Rama' will end up chanting Mara.. Mara..- you don't need to be a SageValmiki to do that. The one who stays put at Rama..Rama.. is not evolving -he is not improving. In chanting the Rama mantra, the one pointed attention is to maintain the name intact. But as the name gets upside down, the name and the chanter of the name become one and the same. There Rama takes birth as consciousness. Similarly when we continuously serve the form of the Lord, eventually the form disappears and He becomes formless. The word vi-graha (deity) is to mean the entity that enables us to grasp a greater vision in an auspicious manner.
Gita is not meant to be learnt by-heart -verse after verse. It is intended to create a transformation in us. There is no point in serving the Lord if that is not going to make useful changes in our daily life. Gita provides us with the answers to our doubts in times of mental conflicts and calamity. Its verses are replies provided by the consciousness (aham) of the total mind of the universe.
The Lord blesses his devotees most appropriately and adequately, in the ways they want him to bless them. All our present experiences -without an exception- are the results of our asking.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:16 PM 
