The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 4.9. Swami Krishnananda
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita
Chapter 4: Stories from the Aranya Parva - 9.
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We see darkness everywhere and do not know what to do. The direction that we have to take is not clear. This is not to be considered as a retrogression in our aspiration; it is a precondition to further illumination. It was the stage through which even a man like Buddha had to pass, and everyone has to pass, but we are likely to mistake it for a fall rather than a necessary step. When we are completely blank and dazed, looking helpless, we do not know whether we are moving forward or downward in our movement. There a Guru’s grace is necessary. We should not be in a vacuous condition at that time. That is a dangerous state where we can fall this way or that way, and to tell us where we actually need to plant our foot properly, a Guru’s guidance is necessary.
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Once that veil of vacuousness and darkness is pierced through and the life of an unknown existence, an undiscovered existence, the Virat Parva is over, we will find the light of the universe radiantly beaming forth on our face, and the whole world will be at our back. The world will tell us, “I am with you.” In the beginning it told us, “Don’t talk to me. I have nothing to do with you. You have left me, so I shall also not talk to you.” This kind of retort may come from the world, and we may be in that condition of sorrow: “Oh, I have nothing.” But we have to pass that step of the test given to us by the forces of nature. It is a psychological condition which the mind has to pass through due to detachment and inward freedom that it has achieved from the emotional connections it had with outward objects.
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So in the beginning there is a kickback, as it were, given by those centres which were befriended by the human emotions and feelings, but that kick is a temporary kick. Immediately the tables will be turned, and we will find that our enemies become friends. The world which was a horror and a terrible place to live will become heaven in one minute because the world is not hell; it is the creation of God, and God has not created anything ungodly. Nothing can come from God except that which is divine, so we should not imagine that He has created hell, and so on. It is only a temporary state of our involvement in a peculiar predicament of detachment from external connections, and then Sri Krishna comes with the whole army of help. We shall also wait for that day.
Chapter 4: Stories from the Aranya Parva Ends.
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Next- Chapter 5. The Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
To be continued ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita
Chapter 4: Stories from the Aranya Parva - 9.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.
We see darkness everywhere and do not know what to do. The direction that we have to take is not clear. This is not to be considered as a retrogression in our aspiration; it is a precondition to further illumination. It was the stage through which even a man like Buddha had to pass, and everyone has to pass, but we are likely to mistake it for a fall rather than a necessary step. When we are completely blank and dazed, looking helpless, we do not know whether we are moving forward or downward in our movement. There a Guru’s grace is necessary. We should not be in a vacuous condition at that time. That is a dangerous state where we can fall this way or that way, and to tell us where we actually need to plant our foot properly, a Guru’s guidance is necessary.
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2.
Once that veil of vacuousness and darkness is pierced through and the life of an unknown existence, an undiscovered existence, the Virat Parva is over, we will find the light of the universe radiantly beaming forth on our face, and the whole world will be at our back. The world will tell us, “I am with you.” In the beginning it told us, “Don’t talk to me. I have nothing to do with you. You have left me, so I shall also not talk to you.” This kind of retort may come from the world, and we may be in that condition of sorrow: “Oh, I have nothing.” But we have to pass that step of the test given to us by the forces of nature. It is a psychological condition which the mind has to pass through due to detachment and inward freedom that it has achieved from the emotional connections it had with outward objects.
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3.
So in the beginning there is a kickback, as it were, given by those centres which were befriended by the human emotions and feelings, but that kick is a temporary kick. Immediately the tables will be turned, and we will find that our enemies become friends. The world which was a horror and a terrible place to live will become heaven in one minute because the world is not hell; it is the creation of God, and God has not created anything ungodly. Nothing can come from God except that which is divine, so we should not imagine that He has created hell, and so on. It is only a temporary state of our involvement in a peculiar predicament of detachment from external connections, and then Sri Krishna comes with the whole army of help. We shall also wait for that day.
Chapter 4: Stories from the Aranya Parva Ends.
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Next- Chapter 5. The Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
To be continued ...
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