Meditations on Transcendence

The lords entry into our body as digestive fire, acknowledging his presence inside us as digestive fire; expressing gratitude for the same are all elements of bhakti. The fire joins hands with panca prana to digest 4 kinds of food stuff - suck, lick, chew, drunk World is meant for purification. he is helping so that we can reach him, integrate to him and forget our individuality Transcendental consciousness comes when we totally belong to him Mind should always operate in extension of god mode and not in ahankara mode Achieving anything is in the mode of ahankaara; Just be as part of tat vastu and wait to do; till then chant Just be aware as extension of tat vastu - this is called atma nivedana with sense of propreitorship of anything The fire is engaged with air to digest.....samayuktah....with a nice yoga between agni and prana, the paacan kriya happens ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pacāmy annaṁ catur-vidham I am the fire of digestion in the bodi...

 Tejas illuminates or Bhasayate Can higher spiritual energy enter into matter? Yes it is called in kannada vishesha sannidhana. By chanting of mantras one can infuse spiritual energy into matter. Like griha pravesham the spiritual energy can enter into the house and ensure 'Dharanam'. Thru the tilaka process the divine sannidhana enhances in the gross body and subtle body. Thru the acaman process the spiritually infused water is infested. And thru direct concentrated hearing of the mantras the energy is infused thru the ear drum vibration and vocal chord vibration.  The words dharayamy and Pusnami are the verbs, the functions of the Lord, sustaining and nourishing or holding and nourishing,  Entrance is very important, the word is aavisya. Prabhupada covers first 4 lines on describing aavishya. I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all vegetables. gām āviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā ...

  The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me. yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yac candramasi yac cāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam Synonyms yat  — that which;  āditya - gatam  — in the sunshine;  tejaḥ  — splendor;  jagat  — the whole world;  bhāsayate  — illuminates;  akhilam  — entirely;  yat  — that which;  candramasi  — in the moon;  yat  — that which;  ca  — also;  agnau  — in fire;  tat  — that;  tejaḥ  — splendor;  viddhi  — understand;  māmakam  — from Me. Its about tejas, tejo: or splendor in english.....illumination is happening by the splendour of the sun; tejas from moon and fire comes from me including the tejas of Sun......candramasi and agnau......tejah mamakam The 3 splendours come from me - Su...

  The endeavoring transcendentalists who are situated in self-realization can see all this clearly. But those whose minds are not developed and who are not situated in self-realization cannot see what is taking place, though they may try . yatanto yoginaś cainaṁ paśyanty ātmany avasthitam yatanto ’py akṛtātmāno nainaṁ paśyanty acetasaḥ Synonyms yatantaḥ  — endeavoring;  yoginaḥ  — transcendentalists;  ca  — also;  enam  — this;  paśyanti  — can see;  ātmani  — in the self;  avasthitam  — situated;  yatantaḥ  — endeavoring;  api  — although;  akṛta - ātmānaḥ  — those without self-realization;  na  — do not;  enam  — this;  paśyanti  — see;  acetasaḥ  — having undeveloped minds. akrta atmana - what do they have? they have acetasah means undeveloped minds...what they cannot see? they cannot see backend spirit transfer during change of body? who can...

  The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature . But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this. utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ Synonyms utkrāmantam  — quitting the body;  sthitam  — situated in the body;  vā   api  — either;  bhuñjānam  — enjoying;  vā  — or;  guṇa - anvitam  — under the spell of the modes of material nature;  vimūḍhāḥ  — foolish persons;  na  — never;  anupaśyanti  — can see;  paśyanti  — can see;  jñāna - cakṣuṣaḥ  — those who have the eyes of knowledge. Utkraamantam vs bhunjaanam, Vimudha vs Jnana cakshusah,  a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power;  charm ; incantation: The wizard cast a spell. a state or period of enchantment: She ...

                                                          śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva ca adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṁ viṣayān upasevate Synonyms śrotram  — ears;  cakṣuḥ  — eyes;  sparśanam  — touch;  ca  — also;  rasanam  — tongue;  ghrāṇam  — smelling power;  eva  — also;  ca  — and;  adhiṣṭhāya  — being situated in;  manaḥ  — mind;  ca  — also;  ayam  — he;  viṣayān  — sense objects;  upasevate  — enjoys. The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye, tongue, nose and sense of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects . the set is obtained based on degree and type of adulteration. Certain type and particular...

  The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another, as the air carries aromas . Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another. śarīraṁ yad avāpnoti yac cāpy utkrāmatīśvaraḥ gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśayāt śarīram   — the body;   yat   — as;   avāpnoti   — gets;   yat   — as;   ca   api   — also;   utkrāmati   — gives up;   īśvaraḥ   — the lord of the body;   gṛhītvā   — taking;   etāni   — all these;   saṁyāti   — goes away;   vāyuḥ   — the air;   gandhān   — smells;   iva   — like;   āśayāt   — from their source. Avapnoti(gets)-grhitva(Accepts, taking) and utkraamati(gives up)-samyaati(goes away) Givesup and goes away; doesnt stay there only offered and one accepts There are 4 processes which are happening here Grhitva and samyati - taking the aroma and l...

What is the difference between material fragment and spiritual fragment? Spiritual fragment is a eternal fragment Why the fragments are struggling? because they are action like the whole - imitating the whole False ego means imitating the whole developing feelings of mine Everything should be done to melt the false ego and not further solidify the false ego Understand the struggle from a fragment point of view One puts end to all struggles when one starts acting like a eternal fragment of the supreme --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  In this verse the identity of the living being is clearly given.  Identity - we dont know our identity - identity is who you are in relation to the world? Do you know your timeless origin? one may tell about a father origin who himself is not clear about his origin. We know relative identities only....in relation to someone who temporarily existed.....what we have been so sure...