Monday, February 19, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 48
48. Don’t separate God from you
Statements such as “the Lord is not there, but He is only here”; “He is that and He is not this;” etc., are trying to separate the concept of God (Iswara) from us. Gita tells us to bring our fickle mind under control, away from the various sense objects and subjects it is presently engaged in. Then the mind should be brought to the realm of ‘self’. That means, the mind should be re-directed from the sensory world to God. When we hear the name ‘God’, our immediate thoughts are of the temples or of our prayer room. But those who have realized everything as God (Isaavaasyam idam sarvvam), wherever the thoughts take him, they will all be nothing but God. Let the mind wander anywhere, but know that they are all God. Thus we come to know the truth behind all and realize the eternalness of what we experience. Here we do not belittle or negate any experience.
Bliss is our essential nature. To say that “I am unhappy” is akin to saying that “I am not home” while sitting at our own home. A yogi cannot say that “I am not Brahman”. Mind that has attained peace, devoid of ego, enjoys the eternal bliss with the help of rajo guna. Just as a mother sees her children of widely different manners, one should be able to see the eternal truth in all and should be able to develop equanimity in our outlook. ‘See’ the ‘One’ behind all and ‘see’ ourselves in all. ‘See’ all in our own self as well. The Lord declares that those who sees himself in all and sees all in himself never perishes. If there exists God in us, it is because of this vision. Alas! Now we seem to want everything ‘from’ God, and we do not want God Himself. Actions of those who serve the Lord present in all beings with equanimity are Godly indeed and all his actions take place in God as well.
Statements such as “the Lord is not there, but He is only here”; “He is that and He is not this;” etc., are trying to separate the concept of God (Iswara) from us. Gita tells us to bring our fickle mind under control, away from the various sense objects and subjects it is presently engaged in. Then the mind should be brought to the realm of ‘self’. That means, the mind should be re-directed from the sensory world to God. When we hear the name ‘God’, our immediate thoughts are of the temples or of our prayer room. But those who have realized everything as God (Isaavaasyam idam sarvvam), wherever the thoughts take him, they will all be nothing but God. Let the mind wander anywhere, but know that they are all God. Thus we come to know the truth behind all and realize the eternalness of what we experience. Here we do not belittle or negate any experience.
Bliss is our essential nature. To say that “I am unhappy” is akin to saying that “I am not home” while sitting at our own home. A yogi cannot say that “I am not Brahman”. Mind that has attained peace, devoid of ego, enjoys the eternal bliss with the help of rajo guna. Just as a mother sees her children of widely different manners, one should be able to see the eternal truth in all and should be able to develop equanimity in our outlook. ‘See’ the ‘One’ behind all and ‘see’ ourselves in all. ‘See’ all in our own self as well. The Lord declares that those who sees himself in all and sees all in himself never perishes. If there exists God in us, it is because of this vision. Alas! Now we seem to want everything ‘from’ God, and we do not want God Himself. Actions of those who serve the Lord present in all beings with equanimity are Godly indeed and all his actions take place in God as well.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 4:52 PM 
