With a pure mind one should observe in all beings as well as in oneself only Me, the Atman, who am both inside and out, and unobstructed like the sky.
Ideas of rivalry, jealousy, pity, and egoism quickly depart from a man who always thinks of Me in all men.
Charity, the performance of one’s duty, the observance of vows, general and particular, the hearing of the scriptures, meritorious acts, and all other works – all these culminate in the control of the mind. The control of mind is the highest Yoga.
The foolish man who, with his vision blinded, is tempted by such illusive creations as lust, gold, ornaments, apparel and the like, considering them as objects of enjoyment, is destroyed, like the moth. (Uddhava Gita 3.8)
The clever man should take the essence out of all sources, from scriptures small as well as great – like the bee from flowers. (Uddhava Gita 3.10)
Expectation is surely the greatest misery, and the giving up of all expectations is the greatest bliss. (Uddhava Gita 3.44)
If the ingredients say beaten rice and sugar were to be kept mixed as they are, it is possible to separate them with some effort. If you were to make ‘halva’ (pudding) of them by cooking them all together, the ingredients are inextricably merged with each other and they cannot be separated. You can only throw away the entire ‘halva.’Similarly, one should not try to separate the mind and the objects. Throw away both. How can one throw them away?
If you want a child to throw away the lighted candle it has caught hold of, you have to tempt the child with a more attractive object.
So think of the Lord’s form when automatically the mind and the objects – both leave you.
As you think so you become. In Advaita, it is called Brahmakara Vritti. By continuously thinking of the Lord’s form when automatically the mind and the objects – both leave you.
Noble friend, when I (Sri Krishna) leave this world darkness will descend: The dreaded age of Kali will being ~ the age in which all that is auspicious becomes hidden and obscured.
Do not remain here (at Dwarka) when I have gone. You are a worthy soul, but in this darkness which is to come people will indulge in all that is unworthy.
Shake of all attachments whether to family or friends. Roam the world as one free of all attachment, with impartial vision.
Whatever you see, hear or touch know that you cannot know it for what it is. Know that whatever your mind makes of it is like a mirage that will fade away.
A confused mind sees a world of multiplicities, a world of good and bad. This creates a compulsion to act or refrain from acting, depending on what will bring gain and what will cause loss.
Therefore, control your senses and your mind. See this entire universe as the Self and see this self in me, its supreme sovereign.
In this way you will come to know and realize that the self with you is the same self of all embodied beings. Once you know this your mind will be completely satisfied and all obstacles will be removed.
Give no attention to people who laugh in ridicule, forget the body, go beyond all sense of shame; fall prostrate on the ground and bow to all beings down even to the dog …the cow and the ass. See everything in Me and Me in everything. Cut off all sorts of attachments. Have perfect unswerving devotion to Me.
Look upon this universe as a delusion, a play of the mind, now seen and the next moment destroyed, like a dream, and extremely inconsistent like the circle drawn by a firebrand.
The threefold distinction of waking, dream and deep sleep which is caused by the transformation of Gunas, of the qualities of Nature, is Maya.
By constant meditation upon the Lord, the mind of the Yogi becomes Para-sattva and thenceforth he becomes like the Lord Himself because he gets all the powers of the Lord and nothing is impossible for him.
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