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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9

Introduction

Krsna speaks about the attitude with which we read scriptures or perform rituals. Scriptures have immense knowledge. Rituals have immense power. They are meditations, yet, they are useless if done with fear and greed.

When we do pious activities with fear or greed, though we see some transformation, we will go back to where we started. That is what Krsna means by Indra loka, the momentary transformation or elevation of our state. When we perform certain rituals: when we do puja, or prayer, or we read scriptures, it should become a meditation. Our ego, our fear, and our greed should not come in the way. Do things with intensity.

The next verse is the main core that reveals the secret. Krsna tells Arjuna and all of us: 'Those who always worship Me, those who always reside in Me, ananyascintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate, people who have become Me, people who reside in eternal consciousness: to them, I carry what they lack and I preserve what they have. I personally take care of them.' Understand, no other incarnation has revealed this truth so clearly

He says, 'If you reside in eternal consciousness, divine energy, bliss consciousness, I take care of you in all ways. I give them whatever they want spiritually and materially and I take care that it stays with them. I take care that nobody takes it away from them.' This is a beautiful statement and assurance'. Anyhow, understand, Existence responds to our thoughts. Only based 'on our thoughts, we create relationships, friends, society, our circle, and naturally, our whole world. Again and again, Vedanta says, drsti-srsti, we create what we see. We create the universe from the angle of our vision. When our drsti (vision) changes, the srsti (world around us) changes too. By changing our vision, we change the world around us.

In each one of us, the power of coincidence, the power to create, exists. All we need to do is open that. Understand that we have the power to create the coincidence. Trust that your consciousness is connected to the universe. Continuously, the universe cares for you. The Divine waits for you. It responds to your thoughts. We create what we want. We have the power to create the world when we are conscious, when we are in the waking state. When we can create a world in the dream state, can't we create that in the waking state? We can do it. Even now, we create our world.