Meditations on Transcendence

 In the spiritual journey, becoming "nothing" is a profound state of realization. This concept is often likened to the hollow flute, which, devoid of any obstruction, allows the divine breath of the Lord to pass through it, creating music that is enchanting and full of bliss. The flute, in its emptiness, symbolizes the soul that has emptied itself of ahankara (ego), desires, and attachments, thus becoming a perfect instrument for the divine. In the Bhagavad Gita (2.47), Lord Krishna teaches: "You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions." This verse emphasizes the need to relinquish the ego that clings to the results of actions. When the ego dissolves, we become like the flute—completely surrendered, allowing the divine will to flow through us effortlessly. This state of surrender is described in the Upanishads as naishkarmya siddhi —the perfection of actionlessness, where one acts without any selfish mo

Want to understand Importance of keeping good company - go and see Spiderman 3 - Its Aunt May's affection, religiosity, his pure innocent love for MJ and his faith in divinity which makes Spidey get free from the Green thing. Are we all overcome by the green thing similar to Spidey? Yes says Sri Krishna in the Gita. The Green thing in our life is association with mode of passion (Rajo guna). We develop lust in contact with mode of passion and lust is the all devouring enemy in this world. Chapter 3, Verse 36. Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? Chapter 3, Verse 37. The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world. Chapter 3, Verse 38. As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly, th