Wednesday, December 05, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 57
57. Observe death just as you witness a sand house being destroyed by the sea
Just as we walk away smiling when we see the sandhouse we made so carefully getting washed away by the sea, we should be able to get away from the attachment to the body when it perishes.
Adhibhootam is the state of being ephemeral. Adhidaivatam is the state of eternity. The Lord is the presiding force in the body and one knows Him even at the time of death. He will know his own nature (Brahma), the eternal and supreme reality, along with its spiritual purport, the Jeeva bhavam. He will also comprehend the nature of karma.
We attain the same state of being as what we remember at the time of shedding our body. Those who remember the Lord at the time of death will attain Him. Those who remember sense objects will attain those as well. Only if we can comprehend the Lord while we are alive and well, will we be able to remember the Lord at the time of death. So our mind should always remember Him. This doesn’t mean that we should be chanting aloud the Lord’s name every moment. It is the state of clear understanding that there is nothing other than the Lord and all our activities are worship of the Lord (Brahma pooja). No one can predict the time of death and so we must incessantly keep the Lord in mind.
By regularly meditating with a steadfast mind, man attains the supreme purusha who is self effulgent. Those who medidate upon the higher, even at the time of death, with one pointed concentration, aimed at the centre of eyebrows will attain liberation. This supreme essence (param porul) is the all knowing, timeless, controller of the world. He is self effulgent as Sun, the atom of the molecules and the substratum of everything, although He cannot be comprehended.
‘Om’ (pranava) is the ‘object’ of silent meditation that is to be done sitting alone at a place without distraction. A life led by remembering pranava will liberate us. This meditation should not be a symbol of conflicts. Displaying the symbol Om on the walls and telephone posts of the streets to threaten others is akin to ridiculing Sanatana Dharma. When we display pranavam outside, it will stay outside. We should wear it inside us and write it on the walls of our hearts. Don’t throw it on the streets as a road divider or for securing own land. People use religeous symbols for these purposes as they know that the government will not touch them in a so-called secular country. The fact is that they do not value symbols of their own religion.
Just as we walk away smiling when we see the sandhouse we made so carefully getting washed away by the sea, we should be able to get away from the attachment to the body when it perishes.
Adhibhootam is the state of being ephemeral. Adhidaivatam is the state of eternity. The Lord is the presiding force in the body and one knows Him even at the time of death. He will know his own nature (Brahma), the eternal and supreme reality, along with its spiritual purport, the Jeeva bhavam. He will also comprehend the nature of karma.
We attain the same state of being as what we remember at the time of shedding our body. Those who remember the Lord at the time of death will attain Him. Those who remember sense objects will attain those as well. Only if we can comprehend the Lord while we are alive and well, will we be able to remember the Lord at the time of death. So our mind should always remember Him. This doesn’t mean that we should be chanting aloud the Lord’s name every moment. It is the state of clear understanding that there is nothing other than the Lord and all our activities are worship of the Lord (Brahma pooja). No one can predict the time of death and so we must incessantly keep the Lord in mind.
By regularly meditating with a steadfast mind, man attains the supreme purusha who is self effulgent. Those who medidate upon the higher, even at the time of death, with one pointed concentration, aimed at the centre of eyebrows will attain liberation. This supreme essence (param porul) is the all knowing, timeless, controller of the world. He is self effulgent as Sun, the atom of the molecules and the substratum of everything, although He cannot be comprehended.
‘Om’ (pranava) is the ‘object’ of silent meditation that is to be done sitting alone at a place without distraction. A life led by remembering pranava will liberate us. This meditation should not be a symbol of conflicts. Displaying the symbol Om on the walls and telephone posts of the streets to threaten others is akin to ridiculing Sanatana Dharma. When we display pranavam outside, it will stay outside. We should wear it inside us and write it on the walls of our hearts. Don’t throw it on the streets as a road divider or for securing own land. People use religeous symbols for these purposes as they know that the government will not touch them in a so-called secular country. The fact is that they do not value symbols of their own religion.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 10:33 PM 
