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If we feel witnessing is difficult, witness that thought also; be aware and authentically listen to that thought also. Go into the consciousness of your being. Experience samādhi so that all hindrances disappear. You will experience the ultimate, eternal consciousness.

In the next verse Kṛṣṇa says, 'At the time of death, fix your mind between the eyebrows.' He adds, ' without being distracted and with devotion.' See, all this is not in our control at the time when the life force is about to leave the body. We cannot decide at that time, 'Ok, let me focus between the eyebrows, let me think of devotion, let me not be distracted.'

But if we have led a life in such higher consciousness, this automatically happens at that time! When Kṛṣṇa talks about the space between the eyebrows, He speaks of the higher cakra or energy center in the body, related to higher consciousness. Our mind is nothing but a bunch of conditionings.

All these conditionings influence us at the time of death!

We make a decision. Please be very clear, the whole calculation happens based on our own data, the data that we have collected. As I said, at the time of leaving the body, the whole data appears before us in a single flash: the gist of the whole data, the gist of all three files āgāmya (acquired) file, sañcita (bank balance) file and prārabdha (current) file. Based on the files, we decide, 'What am I supposed to do?