Monday, March 17, 2008

Jnana Vijnana Yoga--- ( Bhagwad Gita Chapter 7-Union through the path of Knowledge)
The five elements, mind intellect and ego are my eightfold nature
Living beings adorn such in this world
I am the Creator and the Created
The force that sustains
And into me do all dissolve
There is none other
I am the one
Hold together all like
Jewels on a string

I am the essence
In every sense
The radiance of the sun
The brilliance of the moon
The fragrance of the earth
The Life force of all

I am verily the seed of Creation
Great and small

The intellect of the intellectuals
The courage of the courageous
The strength of the strong
The desire of the desirous

Three qualities of satva, Rajas and tamas
Do I enfold
Untouched by them yet
The world is permeated by these

The ignorant brought in their sway
It is indeed difficult to overcome

Yet the one who seeks me
shall reach me
Swimming across

As a thirsty traveler in a desert
Slakes his thirst
Distinguishing the mirage and the oasis
Reaching the oasis

Thus does the seeker reach me
The Ultimate Consciousness

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Knowledge of the self, the Eternal Consciousness (Brahman), when imbibed totally results in graceful living driven by need not greed.

There is enough to go around in Existence to satisfy every man’s need but not enough to satisfy one man’s greed

A person with a right understanding of Brahman would live a virtuously life naturally without it being enforced upon him, either by a moral code of an organization or by society. He/she would live in communion with existence naturally, free of internal conflict hence will not create conflict around too!

He does not have to be told he must love his fellow-beings he will love them for that is his very nature. Anything enforced from outside is bound to be transient, when the same emerges from within its eternal.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Braharpanam brahma havir brahmagnau brahmanahutam
Brahmaiva tena gantavyam brahma karma samadhina
4:24
(Brahman is the samskrit word for Consciousness)
The One to which every offering is made is Brahman
The offering is Brahman and the one making the offering too

The fire unto which the offering drops in is Brahman too
There is nothing beyond the Brahman
All ‘actions’ are within the realms of Brahman and rest in Brahman.

There is nothing other than Consciousness
The farmer who tills the land
To give us grain in hand

The grain is an assimilation of five elements
Each of which is Brahman the ultimate Consciousness

The one who cooks the food is Consciousness
The one it is offered to is Consciousness
Every action thus is a worship unto the Consciousness
By the Consciousness of the Consciousness and for the Consciousness
And IN THE Consciousness.

Verily One
This knowledge too is Consciousness
Which turns ‘mundane’ into divine