Tuesday, February 13, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 46
46. Only the incomplete are affected by desires
‘I’ pervade everything and if one realizes that ‘I’ am everywhere, he will not have any more needs or desires. Basis of any desire is the notion that possessing ‘this particular thing’ is going to make me ‘complete’. But we should found our life in the clear understanding that we are giving reality and legitimacy to the universe and not the other way round. It is the ‘I’ consciousness that is enabling everything around us to exist. When we enter in to the realm of sleep, there is no time and space as they get dissolved in an unknown realm. Thus we are entering daily albeit unknowingly in to an experience of bliss. In meditation, we enter in to the state of bliss with full awareness. We should strive to be like a steady flame.
Eating, sleeping and our activities must be done in moderation. This will enable us in knowing the Truth. We don’t need to put in extra ordinary efforts to achieve this. Those who follow a proper program of moderate eating, activities for pleasure and work, sleeping and waking up will definitely benefit from the yoga and they will be sorrow less. In meditation, one is well aware and vigilant, without the preconceived notions of the past or anxieties of the future. Meditation is a withdrawal in order to recharge our energy. One progresses from meditation not on to sleep, but on to actions. It is a state of being fully engaged in the present. We will see and hear everything, not with the external senses, but from within. It is the life force (prana) that is the inner eye of the eyes; and the inner ear of the ears. Think about the eyes that see and the ears that hear in a dream. In meditation, our subtle senses will be active and we cannot determine what all thoughts will appear, when and how. They will come, but don’t go after them. A yogi sees himself through the self and he revels in himself.
When we look a tree, if we ‘see’ it with their identity (such as: a mango tree, coconut tree, etc.), we cannot realize the truth behind them. In mediation, we take the visions and sounds to a realm that is indescribable. This state is beyond thought. The whole universe is a dance and in dance, the artiste is not separate from the art. They are well integrated with each other. In that meditative state, one can enjoy the music of the earth and the moon. When we look through a window, if we don’t see anything new, we are incapable of ‘seeing’ anything at all. Nowadays everyone looks at a thing with a commercial eye and attaches a monetary value to everything. Meditation enables one to shift the paradigm amidst all the previously existing conditions. It is an ascent towards a higher state. When our mind is unaffected by distractions, uncompromising and do not depend on anything but the self, all desires will vanish. Mediation is not an external activity. Some of us always call out the Lord verbally – thereby pretending to be doing meditation outwardly, looking everywhere except inside of ourselves. The Lord is inside and finding him is the aim and the goal of meditation.
Senses have been built to face and function outwardly; but those who want immortality will seek inward to inquire about the Truth behind everything.
‘I’ pervade everything and if one realizes that ‘I’ am everywhere, he will not have any more needs or desires. Basis of any desire is the notion that possessing ‘this particular thing’ is going to make me ‘complete’. But we should found our life in the clear understanding that we are giving reality and legitimacy to the universe and not the other way round. It is the ‘I’ consciousness that is enabling everything around us to exist. When we enter in to the realm of sleep, there is no time and space as they get dissolved in an unknown realm. Thus we are entering daily albeit unknowingly in to an experience of bliss. In meditation, we enter in to the state of bliss with full awareness. We should strive to be like a steady flame.
Eating, sleeping and our activities must be done in moderation. This will enable us in knowing the Truth. We don’t need to put in extra ordinary efforts to achieve this. Those who follow a proper program of moderate eating, activities for pleasure and work, sleeping and waking up will definitely benefit from the yoga and they will be sorrow less. In meditation, one is well aware and vigilant, without the preconceived notions of the past or anxieties of the future. Meditation is a withdrawal in order to recharge our energy. One progresses from meditation not on to sleep, but on to actions. It is a state of being fully engaged in the present. We will see and hear everything, not with the external senses, but from within. It is the life force (prana) that is the inner eye of the eyes; and the inner ear of the ears. Think about the eyes that see and the ears that hear in a dream. In meditation, our subtle senses will be active and we cannot determine what all thoughts will appear, when and how. They will come, but don’t go after them. A yogi sees himself through the self and he revels in himself.
When we look a tree, if we ‘see’ it with their identity (such as: a mango tree, coconut tree, etc.), we cannot realize the truth behind them. In mediation, we take the visions and sounds to a realm that is indescribable. This state is beyond thought. The whole universe is a dance and in dance, the artiste is not separate from the art. They are well integrated with each other. In that meditative state, one can enjoy the music of the earth and the moon. When we look through a window, if we don’t see anything new, we are incapable of ‘seeing’ anything at all. Nowadays everyone looks at a thing with a commercial eye and attaches a monetary value to everything. Meditation enables one to shift the paradigm amidst all the previously existing conditions. It is an ascent towards a higher state. When our mind is unaffected by distractions, uncompromising and do not depend on anything but the self, all desires will vanish. Mediation is not an external activity. Some of us always call out the Lord verbally – thereby pretending to be doing meditation outwardly, looking everywhere except inside of ourselves. The Lord is inside and finding him is the aim and the goal of meditation.
Senses have been built to face and function outwardly; but those who want immortality will seek inward to inquire about the Truth behind everything.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:14 PM 
