Be Self-Aware And Wake Up
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THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
O Mahābāho (mighty-armed one), his knowledge is therefore steady whose senses are completely detached from sense objects
A person who is in control of his senses is firmly in control of his mind and emotions. Only such a person is truly awake!
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
The self–controlled man lies awake in that which is night to all beings. That in which all beings are awake is the night for the sage who sees
Wake up!
āpūryamāṇ amacala-pratiṣṭhaṁ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvatkāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī
Just as all waters enter the ocean, he attains peace into whom all desires enter, which when filled from all sides, remains unmoved; not the desirer of desires
The "Muni", one who is still, in silence, is one who is in total control of his senses.
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvān pumāṁścarati niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahañkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati
The man who moves about abandoning all desires, without longing, without the sense of I and mine, attains peac
Such a person who is self-aware is fully awake even when he is asleep.
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati thitvāsyāmantakāle'pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati
O Pārtha, this is the state of Brahman, Brāhmī-sthiti; none is deluded after attaining this. Even at the end of life, one attains Brahmanirvāṇa, oneness with Brahman when established in this state
A person steeped in yoga is complete in reality and is liberated
In His concluding words in this chapter, Kṛṣṇa clarifies to Arjuna once again, how to reach liberation, how to become one with Brahman which is one's true and natural state. We have seen that a person not centered in self-completion cannot be peaceful or happy or wise. A person who is led by his senses cannot be complete. A person who is in control of his senses is firmly in control of his mind and emotions. Only such a person is truly awake.
We all think we are awake; are we really? We live in daydreams even if we are awake. The only occasion when we are truly awake is when we are in the space of completion.
A person in such a space of completion is whom Kṛṣṇa calls a 'Muni,' a realized being living in the present. Such a person is always awake, having experienced his inner awakening, whether physically awake or asleep. Kṛṣṇa says that such a person is in sleep when others are awake, yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ (2.69). The realized person, although he may appear to be living and actively participating in the activities of the same world that we live in, is in reality, in a state of passive alertness or restful awareness.
This means that his senses are not immersed in worldliness and he is centered and complete in his Self. He is dead and asleep to this world because he has moved beyond his senses. A truly realized person is also awake when others are asleep. Even in his sleep he is aware, in what is called the state of supta chittam.
A person who is in the space of completion is still as the waters in the bed of the ocean. Though there are waves in the surface, they do not disturb the bed of the ocean. Even when desires assail him, they are mere waves in the periphery of his consciousness, and do not disturb him at all. He has abandoned all attachment to 'I' and 'mine.' He is without thoughts and desires and when thoughts and desires come to him, they merge into him without disturbing him.
How this is possible? The 'Muni,' one who is still, in silence, is one who is in tot al control of his senses. When the senses are controlled, when the ego is out of action, all thoughts and desires are just witnessed.
The 'Muni' does not get involved in these thoughts and desires. He does not even try to stop or suppress them, as he knows it is impossible. He just lets them be watching them go past, just like the ocean watches impassively as other waters merge into it.
We are all enlightened because we are all a hologramic part of the reality of the Universe, Brahman. All that we lack is the awareness of the truth of our Enlightenment.
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The science of completion is the essence of Sāṅkhya Yoga. Completion makes you experience the Sāṅkhya of life. Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is the space of completion Himself, sets Arjuna on the path of completion. May all of you travel that path too! Thus ends the second chapter named Sāṅkhya Yogaḥ, 'The Yoga of Knowledge of Completion,' of the Bhagavad Gītā.
❖ Helping each child understand what it means to be truly awake.
❖ Helping each child know they are truly Divinity
- ❖ Who is truly awake?
- ❖ What is a Muni?
- ❖ What is a Muni dead and asleep to?
- ❖ When is a Muni also awake?
- ❖ Do desires disturb a Muni?
- ❖ What courage does Arjuna have?
- ❖ What does Swamiji tell his disciples again and again?
- ❖ Is completion a science?