Wednesday, December 05, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 62
62. Realize the potential from within
We must endeavour to realize and bring forth the amazing potential latent within us, meaning, we must not forgo the opportunity for us to become the Lord himself. The Lord says in the Gita that “I accept even a drop of water, a leaf, a flower, or a fruit submitted with care and devotion”. This means that He is ready to accept whatever we are giving Him with utmost care- not that He expects us to harvest and submit all the fruits and flowers to the temple. This is about the symbiosis of the macrocosm and the microcosm. This is the jist and secret of life cycle.
All life forms were originated in water. It is the leaf that came out of water becomes our food. Flowering is the process of becoming able to create a progeny and the life of a flower finds its completion in becoming a fruit. It becomes the seed for the next life. When we are able to understand our path of progression from the life force originated in water, our attitude will become submissive and humble. It is this humility that the Lord accepts. If one ‘knows’ this secret once, he becomes the Lord. There is no distinction after that.
Whatever we do –eating, enjoying, submitting material in the sacrificial fire as oblation, giving charitable donations, undertaking penance – all should be done with an attitude of submission unto Him. Then ‘I’ will not be there. We will never be able to say: I did…, or because of me…, or I , or me,…etc. Whatever is being done is all Lord himself. That is service to the Lord. Then brushing the teeth will become ‘brahma pooja’. Taking bath becomes bathing the beloved Lord. Sexual intercourse will be equivalent to a sacrificial ritual. The Lord says that He will look after the one who meditates on ‘me’ without getting entangled with any other thoughts. “Sri Krishna is the one and only god”is not stated as a ‘claim’ here. I am the self and the 'other' gods are thoughts that wander and subjects that are related to senses. Leave all those and concentrate only on the supreme self, that is ‘Me’
We must endeavour to realize and bring forth the amazing potential latent within us, meaning, we must not forgo the opportunity for us to become the Lord himself. The Lord says in the Gita that “I accept even a drop of water, a leaf, a flower, or a fruit submitted with care and devotion”. This means that He is ready to accept whatever we are giving Him with utmost care- not that He expects us to harvest and submit all the fruits and flowers to the temple. This is about the symbiosis of the macrocosm and the microcosm. This is the jist and secret of life cycle.
All life forms were originated in water. It is the leaf that came out of water becomes our food. Flowering is the process of becoming able to create a progeny and the life of a flower finds its completion in becoming a fruit. It becomes the seed for the next life. When we are able to understand our path of progression from the life force originated in water, our attitude will become submissive and humble. It is this humility that the Lord accepts. If one ‘knows’ this secret once, he becomes the Lord. There is no distinction after that.
Whatever we do –eating, enjoying, submitting material in the sacrificial fire as oblation, giving charitable donations, undertaking penance – all should be done with an attitude of submission unto Him. Then ‘I’ will not be there. We will never be able to say: I did…, or because of me…, or I , or me,…etc. Whatever is being done is all Lord himself. That is service to the Lord. Then brushing the teeth will become ‘brahma pooja’. Taking bath becomes bathing the beloved Lord. Sexual intercourse will be equivalent to a sacrificial ritual. The Lord says that He will look after the one who meditates on ‘me’ without getting entangled with any other thoughts. “Sri Krishna is the one and only god”is not stated as a ‘claim’ here. I am the self and the 'other' gods are thoughts that wander and subjects that are related to senses. Leave all those and concentrate only on the supreme self, that is ‘Me’
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 11:08 PM 
