Wednesday, December 05, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 58
58. We are ever awake in Brahman
When we sleep, we are in the Brahman state of being; so should we be in Brahman state when we are awake as well. Worlds such as Brahma loka (experiencial world) are cyclical in nature. They come and go. Even Lord Brahma has birth and death. Only the one who has attained God will get away from the cycle of birth and death and for them there is no return. Lord Brahma’s day time is one thousand eons. Night is also that long. Those who understands this ‘knows’ time. He realizes that we are insignificant in comparison to the universe. Lord is beyond time. Our concept of time starts with the ‘second’ because the Lord is the ‘first’. Gita imparts the knowledge that, it is impossible to comprehend the premordial state of being, that is before time, even before the knowledge itself. An endeavour undertaken without the attached desires, knowing this truth is a true selfless act.
In the day of Brahma, movable and immovable beings spring forth and appear from the latent unmanifested energy – chaitnaya prakriti. In the night, all these will return to the unmanifest state. Our life is also like this; the world around us manifests when we are awake. When we sleep, there is no world. The world is there only for the awakened. Once awake and awakened to the higher state a little, we will realize that we do spend a lot of energy on insignificant things. Living entities come to life again and again with the Lord’s knowledge. Not even a tree leaf will move or fall without his knowledge.
With one pointed devotion, we can attain Lord who is omnicient and ever present in all that is manifested. He is easily accessable to those who remember him incessantly. Let the mind wander wherever it wants, but know that everything is Lord. To attain God is not to get attached to anything impermanent. Pranavam (Omkaram), the essence of all sounds, is the sacred mantra to attain the supreme goal.
When we sleep, we are in the Brahman state of being; so should we be in Brahman state when we are awake as well. Worlds such as Brahma loka (experiencial world) are cyclical in nature. They come and go. Even Lord Brahma has birth and death. Only the one who has attained God will get away from the cycle of birth and death and for them there is no return. Lord Brahma’s day time is one thousand eons. Night is also that long. Those who understands this ‘knows’ time. He realizes that we are insignificant in comparison to the universe. Lord is beyond time. Our concept of time starts with the ‘second’ because the Lord is the ‘first’. Gita imparts the knowledge that, it is impossible to comprehend the premordial state of being, that is before time, even before the knowledge itself. An endeavour undertaken without the attached desires, knowing this truth is a true selfless act.
In the day of Brahma, movable and immovable beings spring forth and appear from the latent unmanifested energy – chaitnaya prakriti. In the night, all these will return to the unmanifest state. Our life is also like this; the world around us manifests when we are awake. When we sleep, there is no world. The world is there only for the awakened. Once awake and awakened to the higher state a little, we will realize that we do spend a lot of energy on insignificant things. Living entities come to life again and again with the Lord’s knowledge. Not even a tree leaf will move or fall without his knowledge.
With one pointed devotion, we can attain Lord who is omnicient and ever present in all that is manifested. He is easily accessable to those who remember him incessantly. Let the mind wander wherever it wants, but know that everything is Lord. To attain God is not to get attached to anything impermanent. Pranavam (Omkaram), the essence of all sounds, is the sacred mantra to attain the supreme goal.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 10:43 PM 
