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kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ I kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā

Men in this world desire success from activities and therefore they worship the gods. Men get instant results from active work in this world.

Results of actions are instantaneous. However, prayers are granted after they are adjusted for appropriateness by divine wisdom.

Kṛṣṇa says, 'If you understand the truth of the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities, once you leave the body you will not take birth and death like ordinary humans do. If you understand My transcendental nature, you will also achieve the same transcendental nature.' 'If you understand that I don't take the body, you will not take the body either. If you understand I am liberated, you will realize that you are also liberated.'

When Kṛṣṇa says, 'I am the Ultimate,' He expresses the space of possibility. He reminds us of our potentiality. He enriches us to define ourselves with authenticity as He defines Himself. He inspires us to enter the same consciousness, to experience the same bliss.

Understand, when Enlightened Masters say 'I', they don't have any meaning behind that 'I'. Only divinity speaks. For you, the word 'God' is just a word with no solid meaning. But when you say 'I,' you attribute a solid meaning, a solid identity to it, which is supported by solid experience. You know it. You feel it. If somebody asks, 'Are you mad?' you shout at them and prove it! But when you say 'God', your understanding is not supported by any experience. With enlightened people, when they say 'God', it is based on solid experience and when they say 'I,' it has no Meaning.

He boldly declares, 'I am God.' What courage and energy behind His words! It can come only from a solid experience, a deep conscious experience.

Here, when Kṛṣṇa says, 'I,' there is just the Divine that is speaking. There is nobody inside. It is pure emptiness. Just the Divine, the pure Existence speaks through Him.

Let us see the secret of the birth and death of Kṛṣṇa, how we all go through the birth and death Cycle.

The Kaṭhopaniṣad says you will pass through a tunnel and see 'Anguṣṭha mātra puṛuṣa antarātma—meaning the thumb sized light, which is your soul when it leaves the body.

See, when you leave the body, the moment the physical body dies and relaxes, that very moment the soul leaves the body.

At that time,what you perceived as the highest pleasure in your life surfaces. If you thought eating was the highest pleasure in your life, naturally while leaving the body, you will think, 'I should take a body which will continuously help me to eat. You go through all the choices and you decide to take a pig' s body. Whatever you think is the greatest experience in your life, which-ever experience occupies your maximum inner space, you decide your next birth based on that desire.

Please listen, nobody else decides your birth. It is simply you who chooses. It is clearly the conscious decision of your soul.

This life is your decision, please be very clear about it. Including poverty, everything is your decision. Don't think poverty has been forced upon you. Even that is your decision. When we take birth, we take birth based on our fear and greed. On one side, greed pushes us.

'Let me become the son of a king, let me become the son of a rich man.' On the other side, our own fears say, 'No no, I can't take on so much responsibility.' Along with money comes the responsibility of protecting it.

When we take birth, we take birth based on our fear and greed. Most of the time, we only want the enjoyment; we don't want the responsibility. A person who is ready to take on the responsibility as well as the enjoyment will never be deprived.

Ordinary man takes birth based on fear and greed. That is why his whole life is driven by fear and greed. Enlightened Masters assume the body out of love and compassion.

Here Kṛṣṇa gives a technique to cut these kārmic bonds, to be complete and realize the reality. Actions that are complete and free from fear and anger do not create bonds, vītā-rāga bhaya krodhā. They lead us towards elevated consciousness. Fear and anger that arise out of greed pattern are two of the most provocative emotions, the root patterns that create incomplete action, and lead to bondage.

Kṛṣṇa offers a way to be in His space of completion. He says, 'Be drowned in Me, man-mayā mām upāśritaḥ; you will have no anger, no fear. All actions will thus be without bondage. In this manner, you can be purified and realize Me, pūtā mad- bhavām āgatāḥ (4.10).' He gives the assurance that having followed this path, many people in the past have achieved Realization.

Kṛṣṇa explains here why non-attachment is so difficult. It is in our nature to look for success in whatever we do. It is impossible to embark on an activity expecting it to fail. There is nothing wrong in looking for success at the end of an activity. What creates problems is the illogical attachment to that expectation of success. What Kṛṣṇa says here shows that our mindset, human nature, has not changed in over five thousand years. Even then they were looking for material success. They were looking for instant results. When they prayed to God they were praying to fulfill their expectations of material success.

He says you normally pray to God not as an expression of gratitude, but to seek unfulfilled material desires and all that you think will bring you happiness. All your actions, Kṛṣṇa says, are based on material success, and He says such activities bear instant results in this world, kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke.

This does not mean whatever you pray for is instantly granted by the God you prayed to. God, fortunately, has far more wisdom than we have. God uses His buddhi, wisdom, to grant what He deems appropriate.

However, the result of your actions is instant. The karmaphala is immediate. When you think good thoughts, do good deeds, you feel good, you are in heaven. When you think evil, you act evil, you feel evil and you are in hell. That is all there is to karma. This is the cosmic cause-effect principle. You are what your intent is; you become what your intent is. Karma acts instantly, here and now.

Impress upon the children that our life, including both its blessings and curses, are our own choice. When we take the responsibility that comes along with our desires, our desire manifests.

Impress upon the children that the technique of completion must be practiced as a way of life.

• ❖ Explain the sequence of events between death and birth ?
• ❖ What is the main difference behind the reason for the birth of ordinary men from that of an enlightened master?

❖ Why is it important to take responsibility for our aspirations?

❖ What kind of actions create bondage?

• ❖ What are the common types of prayers people ask God?
• ❖ Why does god not answer certain prayers instantaneously or exactly as requested?
• ❖ Why are people most attached to get a successful result from their actions?
• ❖ What is the Karmic Cause and Effect principle?