Meditations on Transcendence

Sustained Happiness is a result of mental practice. So it is ones control to feel internally happy irrespective of external situation and challenges The Santosha process is a continuous delinking and disassociating process Santosha is property of true self just like heat and light to fire......the soul sheds ananda light to its sorroundings Happiness is process of disassociation Mind can be taught to remain silent all the time; why only when condition is met? Tame the mind One cannot control external situation and challenges but one can always control the inner santosha or contentment One can make the inner environment independent of the external environment When the inner environment is rooted in the soul rather than on the external, one can reach this state Then one can react to external in form of duty rather than with attachment Only when one stops taking happiness from the external can one become independent of external One has to disconnect emotions, feeling and happiness from ex...

  sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham  I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me come memory, knowledge, as well as forgetfulness. I alone am to be known by all the Vedas, am the author of the Vedant, and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas. Vedyo, Vedanta krid, Veda vid Vedyo means iam to be known Veda vid - knower of meaning of vedas Vedanta krid - author of vedas Veda vid - Vedanta Krid - vedyo I know the vedas; i compiled the vedas; iam to be known thru the vedas The intellectual faculty is given to know him (smrti jnanam apohanam is knowledge process) The digestive and the information/knowledge systems are the 2 important systems in the body. All other systems are subservient to these 2 systems. The Supreme Lord is situated as Paramātmā in everyone’s heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated . The living entity forgets everything of h...

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 ...