We surrender ourselves to the One who has already surrendered Himself.
maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam kathayantaśca māṁ nityaṁ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca
With mind and lives absorbed on Me, always enlightening one another and talking about My glories, the wise are content and blissful
When we deeply feel connected to the Master and He expresses His glory, we expand.
teṣāṁ satatayuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prītipūrvakam dadāmi buddhiyogaṁ taṁ yena māmupayānti te
To those who are always engaged in Me with love, I give them enlightenment by which they come to Me.
Carry the space of brahmaṇyam bahuputratām, the feeling that you are the favorite inheritor of the cosmos.
teṣāṁ evānukampārtham aham ajñānajaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā
Out of compassion to them, I destroy the darkness born out of their ignorance by the shining lamp of knowledge
The Master leads the disciple from darkness into light with compassion
We experience life as divine and a blessing when we connect with the Divine, when we trust, when we completely open up, when we don't have other vested interests and when we do not beg for anything from life. Only when we understand, 'I want the pure experience of the Divine, nothing else,' we experience the whole of Existence in a totally different way. Imagine how Arjuna felt when Kṛṣṇa revealed these things for the first time, inch by inch. 'Oh Arjuna, I am that. I am this. I am everything.' Arjuna may not have said anything, but he surely must have felt that he was expanding.
Arjuna already felt deeply connected to Kṛṣṇa as his friend. Now, he understands the glories of Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa reveals His glories and expands, Arjuna also expands. He says, 'Oh God! I am a friend of such a great person. Oh Kṛṣṇa, You are a great person. I am your friend. I am deeply connected to You.' When we deeply feel connected to the Master and He expresses His glory, we expand.
This darkness of ignorance is the identification that one has with one's self, one's material attachments and material possessions. This identification surely leads to sorrow since this attachment is for things that are fleeting. The Master is the only person who can dispel that darkness. Only He can light up that wisdom within you in order for you to realize that you are already one with Existence and therefore need nothing from this material world.
- ❖ What do we need to do to experience the whole of Existence?
- ❖ When Kṛṣṇa reveals His glories to Arjuna, what happens to Arjuna?
- ❖ Does talking about Divine glories make us blissful or depressed?
- ❖ What does the word 'Guru' mean?
- ❖ What language is the word 'Guru'?
- ❖ What are examples of things that are fleeting?
- ❖ Are we separate with Existence?