Yoga:::yogi

What is yoga?

Recently this word is used synonymous to those yoga asanas and some physical exercises prescribed by yoga gurus, for general physical fitness.

Those physical exercises and asanas prepare anybody to advance towards the higher level of yoga, which is absolutely spiritual in nature. This higher grade of yoga helps 

ones' self ' to link with the supreme self, Paramatma. Higher degre of yoga deals

with  Self conditioning and  Mind purification.

Unless one is physically fit, cannot walk in this long path to become a yogi.

Physal fitness conditions the body, where as mental fitness conditions the Self.

A controlled Mind alone can concentrate on the Self, by a technique of renouncing all

Worldly desires and worldly attachments. Detachment with desires won't happen so easily. One should withdraw his Mind, from worldly desires by degrees, by regulating the intellect through single point concentration, without thinking anything else.

Below given sloka explains this procedure of Self controlling.

               Shanei Shanei ruparamEd budhya dhrutigraheethaya

               Atma samstham mañaha kruthva na kinchidapi chittayEthu

                                                      ( 6 th chapter, Dhyana yoga )

YujjannEvam sadatmAnm". Try to connect ur Self to  God. Whenever the restless mind wanders, from that very object mind should be restrained and brought under control of Self.

This tough procedure of controlling Mind and contemplating on Self demands  a disciplined

life of an Ascetic. An Ascetic Leeds always simple life with simple vegetarian diet and

Limited sleep along  with necessary activities. An  Ascetic enjoys solitude, prefers isolation for practicing Mind conditioning act which guides towards the Bliss of Union 

With Brahman. He transforms himself to a Brahmagnani , becoming a Yogi.

When temporary worldly enjoyments are totally discarded , permanent  everlasting 

Happyness is experienced.  How??

The empty state of Mind, which is acquired by just shunning the worldly pleasures, opens the gate of infinite knowledge towards the spiritual realms of Devine world.

Then the pleasure, that happyness unique in its kind, which is absolutely Devine is 

Experienced by Yogi. That Bliss is exceptional in its' nature can only be Experienced by intellect, not explainable.

Some times, I question myself, about the difference between a Sanyasi [a monk] and a 

Yogi. Both a Sanyasi and a Yogi renounce desires, both prefer solitude, live simple, 

Think selfless.But Yogi remains  his Self  always linked with the supreme self, whereas a Sanyasi remains linked within his Self alone.

Different paths r followed by different Yogis.

Gnana yogi, Karma yogi, Dyyana yogi, Bhakti yogi are different kinds of yogis of different Paths of Yoga.But Lord says, it is  Bhakti yogi, whose mind is always filled with Bhakti Bhava is superior than all other yogis.

"He whose intellect is totally oriented towards Me, he who worships Me always with his Mind directed towards Me, is greater than any kind of Yogi..He always lives in My sight,lives in Me,and Me in him."says lord Sri Krishna 

This stage of Yoga is called  Brahma samAdhi,  yoga siddhi.

Doubtless, this is the the Ultimate goal of any Yogi.

                  YoginAmapi sarvEshAm MadgathEnAntharAthmanA

               SraddhavAn Bhajathe yo mAm so Me yuktanam thamA mathAha.

"Whosoever always thinks of Me, with unflinching Bhakti, his pure mind will always stays   In Me,stays With Me, United with Me, "says Lord in the above Sloka.

Any type of Yoga  preaches the same as it's goal. The ultimate goal, the ultimate purpose of any style of Yoga is Realisation of God {Satyam, Sivam, sundaram }.

Any Yogi should practice Yoga, keeping Brahmananda  as his ultimate purpose of Yoga. Sat, Chit, ananda which means The everlasting Bliss, is any True Yogi's  aim.

 

        Yoga is a process of recharging the Body and  refining the Self.

        Yogi refreshes himself and his self by practicing Yoga.

        Yoga is renounciation of desires and Realisation of Supreme being.

         Yogi  discards attachments and connects to God.

                   

      Bhagavanuvacha 

 

Sanyasa Yoga for Liberation

   Renunciation of all wordly Pleasures, all sensual enjoyments is called  Sanyasa (Renunciation) .

Sacrificing the wordly bondages (Son, Wife, House, Assets ) and maintaining the equanimity is called Sanyasa.

Asakthiramabhishwangam puthradhaara gruhadhishu
Nithyamhi Samachittathvam , Istanishtopapattishu (Kshetrakshetragna  vibhaga yoga)

"Asakhthi" means 'Disinterest' : Disinterest in all wordly bondages and equanimity towards desires and dislikes leads to the 'Sanyasa'.

This state of mind which carries dettachment towards all attachments is required to become a 'Sanyasi'.

This Sanyasa Sthithi is not that is to achieve .It can be attained only by continuous practice of selfless attitude towards things around you . One has to shun the ego. Selfless action is the simplest way for a beginner to practice dettachment towards the wordly bondages .Merely wearing Saffron robes doesn't mean 'Sanyasa'. Here , attitude is important and not the attire .

Selfless action means, sacrificing the results of the action. whatever action may we do, it's results either bad or good , shouldn't touch us.

when one is not conecerned about the results of the action, becomes free from the bondage of those actions. He who performs actions , dedicating them to the lord will never be touched by any Sin and remains like a water droplet on a lotus leaf.

This is the most important and simplest way to walk into the path of Sanyasa. 'Selfless action' prepares one's mind ready for 'renunciation of action'.

Renunciation of action cleans the Sins and purifies the mind.

One should mentally renounce the fruit of actions and wordly attachments , which delude anybody from the path of realisation.

He who does the prescribed work without caring for its fruit, is a Sannyasi as also a Yogi, and not he who is without the fire (Chaitanya) and without action.

Overcoming the dual nature of mind ,and renunciation of the fruit of actions converts an 'ordinary yogi' to a 'Sanyasi' : finally takes him to god's realisation and liberation of soul.

whichever path may one adopt to realise god, purity of Mind is the atmost primary requisite.
   
  "Kayena manasa buddhya kevalirindriyerapi
   yoginala karma kurvanthi sangamthyathvathma suddhayeth"

A yogi performs any action through the body, mind, intellect while giving off the attachment, just for the purification of the mind.

Only pure mind can realise the absolute pure mind, i.e the Supreme Mind, The Supreme Consciousness, The Supreme Knowledge, The Supreme Force, The Supreme Power of Attraction Surrounding the entire Universe.

A Sanyasi always orients his mind towards 'That', dedicates all his actions to 'That' feeling  'That' as  his lastresort (The Paramathman), the Ultimate Truth.

For a Sanyasi, renunciation of everything is a 'Tool for liberation'.

This theory of Sanyasa is very interesting to listen but tough to practice. Strongly determined Soul can alone adopt this path of renunciation (Sanyasa) for liberation.

This path to realise god is much easier than the other four ways i.e (Karma Yoga, Dhyana Yoga, Gnana Yoga and Bhakthi Yoga) to reach god, if practised with strong determination and faith in it.

                                                                                                                                                                       Om Tat Sat

Brahman - The Digestive Fire

         
            Aham Vaisvanaro Bhuthva Praninaam Dehamaasrithaha
          Praanapaana Samayukhtha Pachamyannam Chathurvidham

 Sloka Meaning: Brahman is the fire in the body, which digest the food and called by the special name  Vaisvanara.

Reciding in the bodies of all beings as digestive fire (Vaisvanara) along with Prana vayu and apaana vayu , Brahman digests the four kinds of food.

Bhaksha, Bhojya, Lehya, Choshya are the four kinds of foods we consume in our diet.

Bhaksha : This includes different kinds of snacks which can be stored  for a short period of time and can be consumed leisurely .

Bhojya : This includes Cereals, Pulses, fruits, vegetables, fats, spices and so on and so forth.

Lehya :Soft food items like Cheese, jelly, butter, ice creams, chocolates, paneer and etc.

Choshya : Different types of drinks, breweries, non-alcoholic drinks made of  water, jaggery, sugar combination.

All these types of foods when consumed, generate energy in the body after proper digestion. the agni which we usually call  ' Gettaragni ' (melts) , digests the food . This Gettaragni is called 'Vaisvanara' . i.e one of the disposition of the Brahman in the human body, just like other lower  category dispositions such as five elements along with higher category ' Jeeva' (Entity which sustains living beings and entire Universe).

The Vayu Tathva in our human body comprised of  five types of vayus.
Prana vayu, Apana Vayu, Udana Vayu, Samana Vayu, Vyana Vayu.
All these different vayus have different compositions i.e Chemical Composition.

Prana, Apana are the two kinds of vayus which help the Brahmagni  to digest the food consumed by the human body .

This is another iinterpretation of "Aham Brahmasmi".

It is Brahman in anybody who is the cause for breathing, smelling, hearing, speaking, watching , sensing and cause of every action. every act is propelled by  Brahman Silently without one's knowledge.

 The same is mentioned in 24 th sloka of Gnana Karma Sanyasa Yogam, 4th Adhyayam as:
 
 "Bramharpanam Brahma havir Brahmagno Brahmanahutham"
             
                                                                                                   - Gita Uvacha

An easy way to catch God's attention

As  a small baby crys  to grab mother's  attention, so do we  pray God to catch his attention.

            Ananyaschintayanto mam Ye janah paryupAsathe 

          THesham nithyabhi yuktanam yoga kshEmam vahAmyaham 

"I look after the welfare and maintainance of those persons who worship Me with Meditation, thinking nothing else than Me." Says Lord  Sri Krishna in  Rajavidya  raja

Guhyayoga.

        "    AnanyachEthaha sathatham yo mam smarathi nithyathaha 

            Thasmaham sulabhaha PArdha nityayuktasya Yoginaha "

Whosoever remembers Me with unflinching devotion, regularly, daily, for that Yogi, I surrender very easily ,says Lord Sri Krishna.to come into God's glance, one should 

Always pray Him,untiringly.

He who sees Me everywhere and sees all things in Me, does not loose sight of Me, nor do I of him........says Lord in Dhyana yoga.,sixth chapter. Of Gita.  ( sloka given below )

                   Yo mam pasyathi sarvathra  sarvacha mayi  pasyati

                    ThasyAham na praNasyAmi  sa cha Mae  na  praNasyathi

The above mentioned all  slokas emphasise only one point, ie.' devotion '.

Selfless devotion is the ultimate 'sutra ' which grabs God's glance.

Once ur in the survialence of that supreme consciousness,  everywhere u see that only,,

The Supreme Self.  That Supreme Mind connects to  U.  Such a simple  method it is ,suggested

By  Lord for Self enlightenment,. ( self realisation )

God's glance makes one to experience the ultimate Bliss.

God's  glance makes one to realise the peace eternal, and the Truth eternal.

Very simple formula to grab His attention is orienting ur Mind always towards him.

                                      Bhagavanuvacha 

How Food desides our behaviour?

We are all aware of a  fact that nature of any person is desided by thriguNas . Satva, Rajas, Thamas  are three gunas, which together constitute Moha Maya, that,which envelops the universe. Our temperment is desided by the GuNa which is predominant  

In us.  To be brief, anybody's behaviour is directly related to his guNa, guNa related to the food he takes in.

                           " Ayahu:-Satva balArogya sukha preetivivardanaha

                             RasyAha: snigdhaha:sthirA hrudyA AhAraha: sAtvikA"

The foods that  augment life, energy,strength , health ,happiness and joy, and which  r savoury,

Nourishing and agreeable  r liked by  Sattvikas.

           

                                     Katavamla-LavaNathushNa- theeshNa-ruksha- vindathinaha

                                     AhAra rAjasasyEsta duhkha- sokAmaya -pradA:

                                   

The  foods that r very bitter, sour ,hot , Saltish, spicy, pungent r liked by the Rajasikas and r

productive of pain, grief and disease.

                      

                                     "    YAta-YAmam gatarasam  Puuti paryushitam cha yatu

                                        Vuchchistamapi chamEdhyam bhajan am thamasa - priyaha."

The food that is  pretty cold, worthless, stale, impure, partly eaten is liked by the Thamasika . 

It is the food which we eat impacts our  personality, our behaviour , our charector .

To certain extent, food influences our acts.

Satvikahar develops soft nature and pure thoughts, soft thoughts lead to pure actions, pure actions result positive energy. Positive energy once again leads pure thoughts while completing the  cycle. This is  a cycle  of thought , action ,energy.

We all should eat such a kind of food which gives positive energy.

While taking food, one has to keep in mind the importance this cycle of thought, action ,energy.

Non-veg gives negative energy; hence, it is better to avoid non- veg.

One should acess what kind food helps him to evolve to greater heights and what dissolves him? Discrimination  of good food and bad food desides our total personality.

To be pure or impure is in our hands. To be dear to God or not is in our hands.

Think twice before u consume food.      

                                         Bhagavanuvacha 

GnAnam ( Knowledge) , the purifier

What is knowledge? According to Gita, how? Knowledge purifies the Self???

The knowledge which compraises of few pure personality traits modifies an ordinary 

Person to a pure personality.  In Kshetra Kshetragna vibhaga yoga, Lord  clearly mentions  what is Knowledge. 

Purity of heart can be attained only by true knowledge and by knowledge of truth.

Rightuous  qualities which mend one to a pure soul are given below...

Humility( Pridelessness ), non violence, freedom from hypocrecy, forbearance , stright forward ness ,dispassion towards worldly enjoyments,  dittachment towards worldly attachments like

Son,wife,house, equanimity , unflinching devotion towards Almighty, love towards  solitude.,

Mind oriented towards spirituality and self- realisation, internal &external purity. All these traits,

Practiced Together  develop a person to  a pure personality.  A pure heart automatically sees

the Lightof Truth in the Self.  How?..?. Rightuous qualities burn away all sins accumulated in

the heart and modifies one to a Pure Self. GnAnam formed by the above pure qualities cleans 

The sins, purifies the Self, directing one's self towards God-realisation.

                         " yadheighamsi samiddhognir  bhasmAth  kuruthErjuna 

                       GnAnAgnihi SarvakarmANi  bhasmAth kuruthE thadaa "

As a blazing fire turns fuel to ashes, Arjuna! Similarly  the Fire of Knowledge turns all actions to ashes. On earth no purifier is as powerful as knowledge.

Through a prolonged practice of these virtuous qualities, one attains the absolute pure heart

And experiences the ParaBrahman in a light form.  Says Gita.

Virtuous ness is not that easy to acquire.

Regular practice, perseverance , unflinching faith in God r the qualities required to attain absolute purity.

Think good, see good, hear good, act good. Manasa, vacha, karmaNa, one should be Good.

That's all , u will be purified and set ready to realise God.

   

                                 Om tat sath.

All are equal to Almighty.

Our smruthies , vEdas and Upanishaths  praise The  almighty as  GuNatheethaha,  non-dual natured Entity, bhavAteetha, an all in one entity, which is beyond our normal perception.  God is devoid of Pleasure and pain, happyness and sorrow, likes and dislikes,passion and dispassion, love and hatred, strength and weakness, etc..... 

Duel nature is a salient feature of any  human but not of God.

But " God" is so much unconceivable to our brains, that we cannot imagin the 

Macro form of That.Unimaginable  NirguNa, nirAkAra swaroopam is God's unique quality. All beings are equal to God, because of this Non dual nature,

The imperishable Supreme Lord abides equally in everybody ,and in all beings.

                        Samam pasyanhi sarvathra samavasthitha meeswaram

                         Nahi nasthyathma nathmAnAm  thathO yanthi parAm gat him.

The above mentioned sloka explains, that, The Lord abiding equally Everywhere, in 

Every being with a neutral feeling,will never perish,. "Saman, sathowcha, mithrEchaa.

            

                   Samam sarvaEshu bhoothEshu thistantham paramEswaram

                    Vinasyathswa   Vinasyantham yah pasyathi sa pasyathi.

The imperishable among the perishable existing everywhere in everybody  ,with an equality, when seen ,attains the Supreme goal. This sloka in KschEtra kshEthragna vibhaga yoga explains that God is impartial to all living beings.whosoever it may be,

Rich or poor, man or woman, animal or human, beautiful or ugly,old or young,.....

In bhagavatham,there r many anecdotes which exemplify this nature of neutrality.

Kuchela, (a poor childhood friend of Krishna ),Kubja (an ugly devotee of Sri Rama),

Sabari (an old lady devotee  of SriRama ),GajEndra (an elephant, a great Bhakta of 

Lord SriRama ), Jatau ( an ordent Bhakta of  lord Sri Rama who lost  his  wings while fighting against RavaNa, when Ravana was kidnapping Sita mai ) are all blessed by

Almighty because of their  unflinching Bhakti , but not of their Stature.  

So, Any living being can become Lord's beloved, if his/her  mind totally surrendered 

to Almighty. All r equal to God;  No discrimination of Stature, age ,looks, riches etc.

      

                   Yo mam pasyathi sarvathra sarvacha mayi pasyathi

                    Thasmaham. Na praNasyAmi sa cha mE na praNasyathi.

"He who sees Me everywhere and sees all things  in Me, does not loose sight of Me, nor do I of  him." Here, the simplest way to get  Almighty's attention is advised. Always Think About God, believe Him, totally surrender to Lord, definitely  u get His 

Attention. No doubt in it. That all pervading Supremepower considers only ur Bhakti,

And blesses u. No other  Entity is accounted here, to become His beloved. 

We r all deluded at birth by the deception due to the pairs of opposites which arise out of desire and aversion.

" Those of virtuous actions freed  from the delution of dualities, worship Me with firmness of  vow Will surely enter into Me."  Says Lord Krishna, in GnAna vignana yoga.

            "  He who worships Me residing in all beings in Spirit of Unity. Becomes Yogi,

And whatever may be his mode of life, lives in Me."

Hence, Lord is said to be Impartial to His bhaktas and takes care of them considering their Bhakti.

                All r equal to Almighty, no discrimination of dualities.

                 He is Samam  sthanam.

                          

                                                    Om tat sath.

Om tat sat

This word "om tat sat" is used as an emblem word in spiritual science.

Om"  means, the designation of God. In fact,"  om" itself is God. Any act prescribed by Vedas, either a sacrifice or any austerity or any gift, if done while uttering the word "Om", always begins well and results well. The syllable "om"works as a 

Purifier.    "   Om ithYEkaksharam brahma vyAharaNmamanusmaran "

"Om"  sanctifies anything, brings divinity to any action ,by enforcing pious ness to it.

This is the reason why every Mantra is spelled along with this great sacred syllable 

"Om".

Tat means "that". Here "Tat" refers to Parabrahman .

Sath. means  "Truth". Sath is used to denote the existance of truth and goodness.

The word "sath", used along with any act turns the act to an auspecious  one.

When these three Sacred words joined together, form" om tat sath" which means

God is truth.   Yes, God is truth, truth is God.

             

                     Om tat satithi nirdEsO brahmaNasthrividhaha  smruthaha

                      BrahmaNastEna vEdAscha yagnAscha vihithAha pura

                  The above slok in Sraddhathraya vibhaga yoga says, 

      Om tat sath_is considered to be the threefold designation of  Parabrahman. 

The sacred word ,Sath ,when attached infront of any word, emphasises  goodness to that word.  SathbhAvana ,sathsangathi, sathbuddhi, sath gati,  etc are all  composed of an attributed goodness to that particular action.     The great sacred  utterance,

"Om tat sath"    Straightaway addresses  God, almighty ,the Parabrahman. This is why

Our ancient scriptures, Vedas, purANas, smruthies and upanishaths , all begin with 

"Om tat sath" and end with the same word "Om tat sath."

In Mantrapushpam, in the end it is said, 

Om tat brahma, Om tat vayuhu, Om tat Atma, Om tat Satyam, Om tat sarvam, Om tat PurO Namaha.

Spiritual Seekers of Liberation always utter "Om tat sath" before performing any spiritual act, besides Renunciating it's results.

This special sacred word refers to all Gods,either Rama or Krishna, Siva, or Vishnu.....

Om tat sath addresses the Ultimate Truth.

Om tat sath refers to that Supreme Consciousness.

Om tat sath connects to that Supreme Self.

Om tat sath  directs to that Supreme bliss.

Om tat sath  links to that supreme Atma, called Paramatma.

Om tat sath refers to that Supreme Mind.

Om tat sath, itself is Parabrahman .

Hence, it  is very favourable to utter this threefold designation of God,  at the beginning and ending of any act. It means ur sacrificing all results of that act to the

 Almighty.

                 

                              Om tat sath

The Unmanifest

We are all aware of a fact , a truth, that is,  Manifested forms are all manifested from  Unmanifest only.  This great mystic truth is clearly mentioned in the eighteenth

Sloka in Aksharabrahma  Yoga.  Here It is........

   

                     AvyakthAth vyakthayaha sarvam prabhavathya harAgame

                     Rathragame praleeyanthe thathreivAvyaktha sanchake.

 

At the advent of Brahma's Day, all manifested beings are manifested from the Unmanifest .at the approach of Brahma's Night ,they get merged into the very thing called  the Unmanifest.

In 19th sloka another great sacred secret is mentioned in a very confirmed manner .

          

                         BhuthagramassayevAyam bhuuthva bhuthvA praleeyathe

                     RAthyAgamE avasaha PArdha prabhavathya harAgame.

All these multitude of beings take birth again and again, and absorbed at the approach of night. O PArdha ! At the approach of the Day , they are all born again ,

Automatically on their own, irrespective of any one's Concern. 

This is the formula of srushti.  { Creation}.

The above two slokas when analysed, explain a very big scientific theory about the Creation and dissolution of this entire world.that is.......

When the force of attraction starts weakening, all manifested forms loose their vitality, start deviating from their Gathi, start shrinking into the place of immense attraction of degrees ,exponential  times, finally collaps to  zero matter form).

This a scientifically designed standard Principle , which occurs periodically, with a fixed time intervals. 

This is a pure Mathematical Equation of time, energy and matter.  Entire matter, which is there present in the manifested forms, transforms to energy form.,:; and again at the advent of the day, starts transforming into The materialistic forms. All this Cycle takes place in a stipulated time interval.

 Hence,  we can come to a conclusion that Unmanifest does not mean empty ness.on contrary , Unmanifest is a store of invisible matter of unimaginable quantities which exists in the form of unimaginable quantums of Energy.

So, all manifested forms either movable or stationary are  within the  Unmanifest and from the Unmanifest.

As we are all surrounded by Maya (made of thriguNas ) we can not see the true nature of the

Unmanifest , in other words God, with our naked eyes.

 

The  unexhausting seed of "energy and invisible matter" ,the Supreme power of attraction,

With Supreme Cosciousness , Supreme mind with its special nature  of invisibility is verily 

Called By many names ,synonymously. 

Almighty, God, ParaBrahman,  Paramatma , Paramdhama, ParamEshwar,.......etc etc etc......

Where from or from whom, all our wishes are granted is The Unmanifest.

Paramathma only fulfills our wants and wishes, does'nt matter on whatever name may u pray for ur wish. U may pray Rama or Krishna, but grants come from That only.

When an abundant energy concentrates at one point, or at one place, that point of immense energy starts generating a strong field of force of attraction in it's surroundings.

An inconceivable quantums of force of attraction spreads creating a giant Magnetic field.

That field of unimaginable quantities of attraction develops sensory powers along with Mind.  This supreme Mind creates a supreme Consciuosness. This   Inconceivable Giant Magnetic field of  attraction, with its exceptional features is often named  Atma. This Atma is same as Almighty, in its characteristics. We are all in it. This is the reason why all scriptures pronounce that " God is everywhere."

 

This chain of reactions are the cause of creating  A Supreme being which is invisible, which is beyond our ordinary perception.,,that is why called Unmanifest.

May be these are a few interpretations deducted by my intellect with my limited intelligence.

May be there are many more high degree interpretations of The Unmanifet, the Suprembeing.

I humbly bow before the Unmanifested Supremeself wishing to grant me more insight and intelligence to express "The secrets of Gita " in much more better lines.

                                 Om that sath.

Mind::and it's power.

We all have five senses with which we experience hearing,sight,touch,taste,and smell. These are panchendrias,the five essential faculties by which body perceives the external stimuli. That which makes us experience the actions of the senses is called Mind. The same thing is given in this sloka ,in Purushotthama yoga ,

 

                Mameivamso jeevaloke jeevabhuthah sanathanaha

                 Manaha sashtaNeendriyANi prakruthisthani karshthi

      Sareeram yadavapnothii yachchapyuthkramatheeswaraha

       Gruheethveithani samyAthi vAyurgandhanivasayaha.

This Jeevaloka and jeevis are made of a part of Myself, where mind is sixth sense, resting in  nature, acts and experiences everything. In the first sloka, it is very clearly mentioned that Mind is the sixth sense of human, which is very powerful and connects to other minds also.

How powerful is Mind? Is given in second sloka.

When  the soul acquires a new body, Mind takes with it the nature of the one it left ,

Just like the breeze carries the odour while passing over the flowers.

Mind carries the Vasanas of the person with it. Though the body changed, charector and conduct remains the same because they are carried by Mind.

Such a great secret is explained in these two slokas.

Mind of an individual can get a link with Almighty, if continuously contemplated on God. No doubt, God will be with U, if ur mind always thinks about God. Same is in this 

Sloka......

           MayyEva manamAghaswa mayi buddhim nivEshaya

            Nivasishyasi MayyEva athoordhwana samsayaha.

No doubt in it, U will be connected to Me, if UR intellect and mind are uninterruptedly

Contemplated on Me,says Lord Krishna.

Mind is the generator of thoughts. Thoughts travel to any destination. Thoughts materialise. Thoughts can reach the person to whom u want to reach. Thoughts are a kind of waves which can establish link between minds.  This process of connecting is possible,only when mind is pure and conditioned.,;Here purity is the key point .

Purity of thought is very important. Why? How?

Only pure intellect can maintain a pure mind. Pure Mind alone produces pure thoughts,,

Pure thoughts to good actions,good actions to Punyam.

Pure mind alone,can realise the Supreme Mind. 

Realisation of God is possible only by absolutely pure Mind. Mind alone perceives the 

Presence of God, not the body.

It is said that mind can speak to another mind silently.

This sixth sence of human,which is called Mind  is one higher disposition of God.

Bad Bhava contaminates the mind .,only SathbhAvana enriches a healthy mind.

Hence, one has to be very cautious and careful  while entertaining any thought.

Mind is "BhuthabhAvodbhavakaro, karma sanchithaha." Means ,mind is the carrier of sanchithaha karma and mind is the source of any Bhava .Mind is the storehouse of Karmaphal.

Mind  is a store of the results of all our actions.( sanchithakarma)of previous births and present birth. Hence, is'nt it very important to maintain the ledgers clean and clear.??     DhyAna......

Dhyana is the best technique to maintain the ledgers clean.,also, an easy way to restore the purity of Mind.

So, What I feel is, our Mind is our guide, our Mind is our director, our Mind desides our Destiny.

Let us become great souls by consciously conditioning our Mind.,by consciously  controlling 

the unwanted thoughts. Listening good.,seeing good, speaking good makes one , a clean self.,

A pure  self.with a  sacred Mind.

Let us mind our Mind,

Let us mind our sixth sence,

Let us bind our Mind to that Supreme Mind.

Thought provoking sloka, which I like very much....

Every sloka in Gita is a gem, shining and spreading it's light all over Krishnites, guiding them in the boat  of Sri Krishna thathwa to reach the destination......God Realisation.

But, one sloka forces me to think a lot about God's presence. That is.....

           

                        Gatirbhartha Prabhuhu Sakshi Nivasaha SaraNam suhruth

                    Prabhavaha Pralayaha Sthanam Nidhanam Beejamavyayam 

Parabrahman is.....

The destination,bearer of responsibility, The Lord ,the Witness, refuge, well wisher,

Place from where everything evolves and devolves, safe store,seed unexhausting.

Bhartha ,Prabhu,suhruth, Sakshi ,are the attributes of  Almighty as animated form which has Mind and Life.

Sthanam , gati, Nivasaha ,Nidhanam ,Beejamavyayam ,are the attributes of Almighty as inanimate form.

How can both animate and inanimate forms present in single entity???

An ultimate destination point, from where everything originates,and into which everything merges,which watches every event in this universe, which restores everything , which feels all that happening in the universe ,which possesses unexhausting energies to produce  and to  protect everything ,is called Parabrahmam ,( Paramdhamam ).

Ok. Parabrahman has both the qualities of animate and inanimate, like Mohini avatar of Lord Vishnu who possesses both female and male qualities in one. (Gender less )

Then what is the physical format of Parabrahman ?

Let us have thought for this aspect ,suggested by this special sloka!!!

   

                            Gitauvacha 

How Departure time dectates our rebirth??

The pivotal point of Bhagavadgita  is "Punarjanma siddhanth ".

Birth, Death and rebirth are inevitable, says Gita. 

             " Jathasyahi dhruvO mruthyuhu,

               DhruvO Janma Mruthasyacha "

Once born, has to die some day or the other.This is an Inevitable principle of Life.

 

But, is there any particular time and mode, in which if a Jeevi departs, can  avoid the  rebirth?

This time of Departure has a great role in our " theory of Punarjanma ".

In Aksharaparabrahma Yoga, 24th,&25th slokas explain  us in detail about the favourable  time of departure for a yogi. Departing the body is as important as acquiring the body.

Departing time decides the abode whereas acquiring time decides ur entire Life.

Here, even the mode of death is also plays important role in ur attainment and rebirth, that is 

Explained in these two slokas.

                   

                         Agni JyOthi rahaha suklaha shaNmAsa uttarAyaNam

                    Thathra prayAthA gachchanthi Brahma  brahmhavidO janAha

Fire, flame, day time, the bright half of a month, and six months of Sun's northern course---

Departing in one of these modes, and anyone of these times, the yogi attains Brahman.

  

                       Dhumo rAthri Sthadha krishNaha shaNmAsa DakshiNayaNam

                    Thathra chAndramasam jyOthiryOgi prApya nivarthathE

Smoke, night, the dark half of the month and the six months of the Sun's southern passage---

Departing  by one of these modes, and anyone of these times, the yogi  attains the lunar sphere

And returns back to earth.

 

These two paths of the world,the bright and the dark are considered to be ancient

and eternal.   

                                 "UjjannEvam sadathmAnAm yogi vigatha kalmashaha

                                   SukhEna Brahma Samsparsham AtmAnam sukhamasnuthe." 

Yogi, who is always in contemplation, taintless, blissful  and knowing this secret of time

of departure, should think about departing in bright time, and bright path.

There is one standing example of Bhishma pithamaha's death, in Mahabharath.

Bhishma,the great grand father, who remained a life time bachelor for the sake of Kuruvamsh,was killed by Arjuna in the Kurukshethra war,in wrong time, ie Sun's southern passage. But, the grand old seer, Bhishma knows the sacred secret of this departing time.

Bhishma  was a Brahma GnAni. He can have" IchchamaraNa",he can leave his body whenever

he wants to.  So, he asked Arjuna to make a cot with arrows, and  laid on that till UttarayaNa puNyakal entered. When Sun's northern course entered, Bhishma left his body and attained

the supreme abode. Bhishma attained Moksha.

Atma aliening with Paramatma depends on the time and mode of departing the body.

May be the Jeeva, which is the sole entity,which sustains the entire universe along with entire living bodies is very powerful in Sun's northern course and first half of the month. So powerful 

that, an embodied self can escape the lunar sphere and reach the heavenly spheres. 

Similarly, brighter side of the day , fire, and, light  elevate the embodied self to higher Devine levels.

Sometimes, all these concepts of Gita appear to me as pure Metaphysics,  pure science rather

than  spiritual guide lines.  Doctrines of Bhagavadgita are higher level scientific principles, which are guiding and guarding the universe.,maintaining the rhythm of the entire creation.

THOUGH I READ GITA HUDREDS OF TIMES, STILL, WHENEVER I READ, I FEEL SOMETHING 

NEW IN IT AND YET I FEEL, A LOT HIDDEN UNKOWN SECRETS LEFT IN IT.      

THE SPECIALITY OF Gita is, the more u churn, the more butter u get off it. 

       

                                   Om that sath            

The Magic of ThriguNas.

 Human nature, personality and actions are dectated by thriguNas. What are they??

Satva, Rajas, Thamas  are the thriguNas. Each guN provokes different traits in us. These traits prompt different thoughts, which ultimately direct us towards actions.

So, our mind is guided by these Satva, Rajas, thamO guNas .

All living beings are puppets in the hands of  thriguNas.

Only Almighty is absolutely bereft  of ThriguNas.  God is "GuNatheethha." NirGuNaha." 

The Supreme Mind is  neutral in nature. This is called ParamBhavam. Absence of Duel Nature

Is named Param Bhavam. 

How this Bhava generator, Mind is dectated by ThriguNas ??

How Mind behaves like a slave to these three guNas?? 

How these three guNas bind the Soul to the body??

 Satva binds the embodied self by stainlessness and purity. Satvic people enjoy cheerfulness

producedd by knowledge, they enjoy the serenity of flawless thoughts. As Satva prevails, glow

envelops  the body, which, people around u feel. When through all the sence-openings in this body, the light of knowledge  radiates, then one should know that Satva is predominating.

RajoguNa binds the embodied self by attachment, Rajas is the source of desire, action and attachment.  Ego centred  behaviour, with aggression,and  overpowering attitude is the sign of

RajoguNa. Greed, restlessness, never ending activity, passion for desires prevail, when Rajas

predominates.

ThamoguNa binds the embodied self by inactivity, inadvertence and delusion. Ignorance in every aspect of life is the result of ThamasaguNa. Mindless behaviour, dullness, and delusion

prevails when ThamasaguNa predominates.

From Satva results knowledge, from Rajas results greed, from ThAmas nothing but ignorance.

Transcending guNas is very very difficult , because our behaviour is bound to our guNas.

Always, one should guard himself from Rajas and Thamas, because these two only destroy the

virtues in anyone.When rajasica, thamasica guNas are subdued to Satva guNa, virtues excel in him and  one enjoys the Bliss of peace. Equanimity establishes and one feels fit for the state of Brahman.

The impact of GuNas at the time of Departure desides,to  where our  soul reaches.

Those who abide in Satva  go to higher spheres, the Rajasika reaches only middle spheres, but the Thamasika, abiding lowest qualities reaches the lowest spheres and resorts to animal womb. But, one who knows 'That'which is beyond ThriguNas, attains Brahman.

Hence, those wishing the Ultimate abode,  should adhere to Sathva guNa, while dedicating himself totally to Almighty.    Almighty will take care of everything.

 

How come  we know weather a person transcended these three GuNas  or not??

What are the characteristics of a person, transcended  the thriguNas??

A mental calmness, composure, evenness towards pleasure and pain, same temper in honour and dishonour, same towards friend and foe, same towards likes and dislikes, same towards blame

and praise, same feel towards gold and stone, self control , renouncing the results of actions are the characteristics of a person who transcended the thriguNas. 

Is this state of mind possible to achieve? Lord Sri Krishna Paramatma answers this question.

     "He who serves Me alone through unswerving devotion can definitely transcend  the thriguNas, as I bless him with Special intellectual power."

                "  Dadami buddhi yOgam thum Mamupayanthithe "

By birth we all carry these thriguNas, starting from the womb of mother,  binding our self to this

body. Maya, which is constituted by these thriguNas covers us, guides our actions, defines our

nature. But,only and the only unswerving devotion towards God  can rescue us from this Devine delusion(maya) prepares for Self realisation.

When Satva concurred Rajas,and thamas, the veil Mohamaya lifted, entire Universe appears differently,; every thing in this  universe  looks united....says Gita.

                        Thribhir guNamayeir bhavairebhihi sarwamidam Jagath 

                    Mohitham nabhijAnAthi mamE bhyaha paramavyayam 

The mystic Moha maya  comprised of magical thriguNas is  running the entire world show.

Gita, the Brahma vidya, the eternal universal religion, thus ,preaches us in GuNathrayavibhaga yoga, how to overcome the thriguNas and how to experience the Supreme bliss.   " Be always with me, always think me ,always mind me, u will transcend the guNas." Lord Krishna.

      

                        Bhagavanuvacha 

When and why, the Unmanifest Manifests???

It is a well known fact that Almighty is invisible and everywhere.

When an ordent Bhaktha is in danger or when unrighteousness outbursts,to save the

 Rightuos people from misery, to establish the righteousness,Almighty takes a form,means Manifests. . God, when manifests, taking a human form, we call that an AvatAr. A very interesting anecdote from SrimadbhAgavatham goes like this.......this story narrates, how lord  Hari took NarasimhavatAr.  There was a prince

 named PrahlAda, a child Hari Bhakta.When his father questioned him about the existence of Sri Hari, he answered his father,"My dear father, Hari(god) is everywhere.;

search anywhere, you will definitely find Him". Hiranyakasyapa, a notorious king of 

Rakshasas, a heartless cruel father of PrahlAda,more over a Sri Hari's enemy, asks his son to show Lord Hari in the Pillor straight infront of him. This is a disgusting challenge given to his own son. Smiling at the innocence of his father, PrahlAda  prays Lord Hari to appear before his father. Immediately Lord appears taking a form of fiercefull   Lionheaded NArasimha and kills Hiranyakasyapa. God always rescues his Bhakta, because the power of Bhakti pulls God towards Bhakta.

              Yo mam pasyathi sarvathra sarvacha  mayi pasyathi

Whosoever  worships me, will always remain in my glance.

In gnAnayoga, Sri Krishna Paramatma tells Arjuna, when?,under what  inevitable

Circumstances  ParamAtmA takes an AvatAr.

                                 Yadha yadhahi dharmasya glanirbhavathi Bharatha

                                  Abhuddhana madharmasya thadAtmAnam srujAmyaham

Arjuna! Whenever, righteousness is on decline, unrighteousness  excels everywhere,

I take a form {body} Myself,and establish Rightuousness.

                            

                           ParithrANaya sAdhunAm vinyasa yachadushkrutham

                            Dharma samsthApanArdhAya sambhavAmi  ugE ugE

7th sloka in gnAnayoga tells, what for Lord manifests.

For the sake of protecting virtuous people,and to establish (dharma ),Righteousness, I take a body age to age ,and destroy the evil people.

How does Almighty, takes an avatAr.?

                                  AjopisannavyaAtma BhuthAnam Eswaropi sanu

                             Prakrutim swAmadhistAya sambhavAmyAtma MAyayA 

5th sloka in gnAnayoga  explains like this.........

Though birth less and deathless, being The Lord of beings, Ancient, with the help of Prakrithi and yoga maya, I manifest myself. Here,Prakrithi includes five elements. maya composed of Satva ,rajas,thamo  guNas. ParamAtma, along with thriguNas and five elements and it's own powers manifests  as AvatAr. After establishing Dharma and Eradicating adharma, Bhagavan ends His Avatar. 

In Dwapara Uga as Sri Krishna, in ThrEthA Uga as Sri RAma, Lord  manifested and

Killed the evil,unrighteous Rakshasas, saved the innocent. When an  AvatAr ends, New era starts. 

Sri Krishna, Sri Rama, Sri VAmana, Sri Buddha are all Uga Purushas.

It is said that ,Similarly, in Kaliuga, Paramatma appears in Kalkavatar to eradite evil

from the world. 

Only, when  unrighteousness reaches to intolerable levels,  almighty comes down on to earth and saves us. Equanimity  and nature's equilibrium are in Supreme commander's control.  God maintains the  melody and rhythm of this entire Univerce .He composes the great symphony, this  universe. He plays it , enjoys it, and erases. 

The Manifestation of the Unmanifest is highly mystic and Extraordinaryly  Devine.

 

                          Gitauvacha 

       

                       

What is Atma???

                               MayAtatamidam sarvam jagadavyakta murtinam

                               Masthani sarva bhutani nachAham theshwavasthithaha

     

                Nachamasthani bhutani pasyamE yogameswaram

                Bhutabhrunnacha bhuthastho mama atma bhutabhavanaha.

In the above mentioned two slokas of Rajavidyarajaguhya yoga, Atma is defined  clearly.

 All this Univerce ,is pervaded by Me in anUnmanifested form;  all beings are in me, but I am not in them. Nor these beings suspended in Me behold My  Devine nature. I am ATMA, The sustainer  and the protector of beings, and the generator of  thoughts. 

Where from thought generate??  ..........From Mind.

What sustains and protects the beings??..........Jeeva.   So,Jeevatma is the embodied Self.

Therefore,  the all pervading Unmanifest, the Supreme Self is Atma, the same when embodied

Is  Jeevatma.  

                    "  Ajo nithyaha sashwathoyam purANo na HanyathE  HanyamAnE  shareerE."

 

Atma is birth less, constant, eternal,and ancient..It is not slain when the body is slain.

Atma is birthless means, atma is there,existing from time immemorarable, from time beyond our count. Henceforth  Atma is obviously ancient, and permanent too. As I mentioned,

In my previous blogs, my interpretation of Atma is an exceptionally, extordinarily,supernatural,

Indescribable,superspecial Magnetic field of features beyond human perception. Those sages and siddhas,who witnessed Atma say, That is unexplainable and beyond mind and speech. How special Atma is described by Lord Krishna in Sankhya yoga, ( 2nd chapter) in 23rd sloka.

       

                   Neinam chindanthi sastraNi neinam dahathi pavakaha

                   Na cheinam  klEdayanthyApo na soshayathi maruthaha...

Weapons cannot cut it, fire does not burn it, water cannot moisten it, and wind cannot dispatch it.  So, Atma is beyond five elements' influence, with which we mortals, on this planet are surviving while running the show. But, when the same Self resides inside a  living being, it has to behold the Nature of  these five elements [earth, water! fire, wind and space] along with mind,  intellect and accumulated results of karma. That's why That is named  Jeevatma. ( Atma in a Jeevi )

When  Jeevatma leaves a body and enters the new one, carries the nature of that embodied self with it.  But That will not perish. All this costume changeover is not visible to us.

So, Atma is said to be Unmanifest, Unthinkable, indestructible,and Eternal, Invisible.

Vishnusahasranamam   Praises the different characteristics of Atma.   

Putatma, Ameyathma,Dhrutatma, Visrutatma, Prasannatma, prakasatma, Vruddharma,EkAtma

Anantatma, Visuddhatma, Thrilokatma, Jeevatma, Paramatma, ViswAtma are the different qualitative names  of Atma. Meaning of these names in order goes like this.....

Atma  is...

Ancient, not comparable to anything , permanent, ever Expanding, cheerful, bright like light,

Old, only one unit, infinite, absolutely Pure, Spead in Thrilokas,  Embodied self, Supreme Self,and all pervading the Universe.....

All above mentioned virtues of Atma are attributed to Lord Vishnu,in Vishnu sahasranamam.

These Devine Spiritual attributes are not apparent when Atma adopts a visible form..and acts

as embodied self.

                              DEhi nithyam-avadhyoyam DEhE sarvasya  bharatha

 This embodied self in everyone's body eternally indestructible. So Death should not be grieved.

All living beings must abide this Unmanifest  Atma. This is the eternal, immutable ancient principle with Which the entire creation is existing.

           The supreme commander, with supreme Mind, and supreme Cosciousness,

            The supreme intelligence with supreme knowledge and perception,

            The supreme power with supreme attraction and  beholding nature,

             The all pervading invisible witness, supreme controller, knowerof past,present,future,

              The formless which can take any form,  the supreme Protector , the Life Force,

               The unperishable, unexplainable , wonderful  Devine  existance which resides in the 

                 Hearts of all beings, is Atma.

                The all in one Devine Super natural Existance is Atma. 

This extensive  interpretation of Atma, May not be still sufficient because, those who have seen that experience many more things extra.  Whatever may Gita say, one thing is absolutely true.ie  Atma is totally mystic and  Devine. 

                                                 Gitauvacha 

Presence of Paramatma in our body.

T                   Ahamatma Gudakesaha sarvabhuthasaya sthiti aha 

                   Ahamadischa madyascha BhuthAnamanthaEvacha

 

The above sloka is said by Lord Sri Krishna  in vibhuthiyoga,  

Oh Arjuna I am the universal self ( ViswAthama ),seated in the hearts of all beings. I alone am beginning, middle and also the end of all beings.

Paramatma is the Supreme Self , pervading entire universe  as a Devine  inconceivable super natural entity resembling a mystic magnetic field.  The place where Paramatma resides in the body is Heart.This is crystal clearly mentioned In the above sloka.

                       

                         " Sarvasyachaham Hrudi sannivishtaha" says Krishns.  This means.....

" I stay in the Heart of every body.,""As Mind, the generator of thoughts and as consciousness.

Whereas, Paramatma  is Supreme self and Supreme consciousness.                                                                                                                                                                       

                   

                   Anadithva nirgunathwat paramatmaya mavyayaha

                Sareerasthopi KownthEyA! na karothi na lipyathe

Arjuna! The Supreme Spirit [ Paramatma ] is ancient, thrigunarahitha! indestructible,and

Unexhausting. Though dwells in everybody, neither contaminates nor acts. Remains a witness.

Then what makes us to react and act??  What reacts??

Moha maya constituted by Satva,rajah,thamo guNas forces us to react and act.

Jeevatma reacts and acts according to the Karma of the embodied soul. I have written in one of my Blogs my interpretation of this Atma,Jeevatma and Paramatma.The Atma when spread everywhere out side the body is Paramatma, but

The same when inside the  body  is Jeevatma. Though the physical format is same for both,

Functional format  is different. 

Jeevatma confines to that single embodied soul, the body in which it stays.Maya binds  Jeevatma.

Paramatma  concerns and confines to entire universe.

Maya,the Devine illusion is extremely difficult to surmount,however,those who constantly think or adore Lord alone can break the veil. They can realise the resplendent light [supreme Atma ].

    

                     "  Jyothishamapi that jyothhi".  Paramathma is Light only, Jyothirupaha.

In KshEthra kshethragna vibhaga yoga, the presence and performance of Paramatma 

Is clearly explained in two slokas.

                          

                       Yadha sarvagatham sowkshmyadakasam nopalipyatE.

                        Sarvathravasthitho DEhE thadaatma nopalipyatE 

As all pervading emptispace does'nt adhere us, similarly seated everywhere in the bodyAtma is not affected. Remains onlooker.

                       Yadha prakashayathEkaha krutsnam lokamimam ravihi

                        KshEthram  Kshetri thadaa krutsnam Prakasayati Bharata.

O Arjuna! As one Sun-illumines this entire world,so the one Atma illumines the whole 

Body.  This sloka conforms that the physical format of Atma is nothing else than Bright light.

In 18th chapter, once again Krishna reiterates a fact that God exists in the Hearts of all beings.

     

                        Eswaraha sarva BhuthAnam HruddEsorjuna thishtathi 

                         BhrAmayansarva bhutani YantrarUdhani  MayayA.

O Arjuna! God abides in the heart of all creatures, causing them to revolve according to their 

Karma by his Devine illusion, as if those beings are in the vehicle of the body.

God is within our body, with us ,but we are not aware of it. We are not feeling His presence. 

Our body is a Temple, God is here in it. Watching us. Witnessing our acts. 

Let us keep the temple clean, let us worship Him doing Jap, Thap, let us adore Him with the

incandescent  acts.Thus, let us transform ourself to pure souls, absolutely pure. Let us replicate Godliness.   Let us feel   Aham brahmasmi.

So, ultimately Paramatma and Jeevatma align when one becomes absolutely pure.

[ pure in thought, word,and action.] this is called" Brahmi sthiti" .

Let all of us realise the presence of Paramatma in side ourself and experience the

Spiritual Enlightenment.

  

                                  Bhagavanuvacha