Sunday, May 25, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 101
101. Truth is effortless to attain
Truth is easy to attain. It is effortless and uncomplicated. We keep failing, trying to open the lock which does not exist. We make the simple things complex by over analyzing and explaining. Those who have attained Brahama doesn’t lament about anything. He has no desire either. As he has a vision of equanimity over all creatures, he is blessed with great devotion. One should get liberation now in this life and not after death. Enter the realm of the Lord by analysing the principles (thava-vichar) in devotion. For this one need not visit temples and it doesn’t depend on the size of the sandal wood or vermillion marks on the forehead. One need not call out His names to surrender unto Him. It is being aware of the consciousness that is behind all intellectual constructions. During meditation, in the solitude, one comes to know these by diving deep in to the inner self. Submit all activities unto Him. It is the state when our hands (actions) are harmonized with our mind and intellect. One need not bring in a different God with a name and form in this quest. Don’t think of another thing while pursuing one activity. While cutting vegetables there is no need to chant the Lord’s name. Don’t think of anything else. Give your full attention to the act of cutting vegetables. When we give full attention to our activities we are getting more and more aligned with the supreme self. This will lead to attaining the serene and supreme self. Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that even if he decides not to take part in the war, due to his pride and ego, the nature will force him to go through with it. That is because Arjuan’s innate tendencies are those of a warrior. Everyone is destined do actions in accordance with the natural qualities and tendencies (vasanas). It appears as if all living creatures are mechanized toys moving and acting about with the Lord at the centre, working as the controller. We can see the world in four different ways. First one (vasthu-drishty) is to see it as such, as it appears- a lady, a man, a book, a table, etc. Second is the image we attaché to each (pratheeka drishty)- as a mother, a father, Holy Gita, a dining table, etc. Third is the divine vision (divya drishti), to see everything as the glory of the Lord. Fourth vision is the supreme vision (param divya drishti). That is to realize that the glory of the Lord is nothing but ‘me’. Bhagavad Gita guides and enables us to attaining this evolutionary growth.
Truth is easy to attain. It is effortless and uncomplicated. We keep failing, trying to open the lock which does not exist. We make the simple things complex by over analyzing and explaining. Those who have attained Brahama doesn’t lament about anything. He has no desire either. As he has a vision of equanimity over all creatures, he is blessed with great devotion. One should get liberation now in this life and not after death. Enter the realm of the Lord by analysing the principles (thava-vichar) in devotion. For this one need not visit temples and it doesn’t depend on the size of the sandal wood or vermillion marks on the forehead. One need not call out His names to surrender unto Him. It is being aware of the consciousness that is behind all intellectual constructions. During meditation, in the solitude, one comes to know these by diving deep in to the inner self. Submit all activities unto Him. It is the state when our hands (actions) are harmonized with our mind and intellect. One need not bring in a different God with a name and form in this quest. Don’t think of another thing while pursuing one activity. While cutting vegetables there is no need to chant the Lord’s name. Don’t think of anything else. Give your full attention to the act of cutting vegetables. When we give full attention to our activities we are getting more and more aligned with the supreme self. This will lead to attaining the serene and supreme self. Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that even if he decides not to take part in the war, due to his pride and ego, the nature will force him to go through with it. That is because Arjuan’s innate tendencies are those of a warrior. Everyone is destined do actions in accordance with the natural qualities and tendencies (vasanas). It appears as if all living creatures are mechanized toys moving and acting about with the Lord at the centre, working as the controller. We can see the world in four different ways. First one (vasthu-drishty) is to see it as such, as it appears- a lady, a man, a book, a table, etc. Second is the image we attaché to each (pratheeka drishty)- as a mother, a father, Holy Gita, a dining table, etc. Third is the divine vision (divya drishti), to see everything as the glory of the Lord. Fourth vision is the supreme vision (param divya drishti). That is to realize that the glory of the Lord is nothing but ‘me’. Bhagavad Gita guides and enables us to attaining this evolutionary growth.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 9:16 AM 
