Meditations on Transcendence

 Fire is pointing in upward direction (davanala) Fire gives heat (Samsara always supplies heat) Samsara supplies 3 kinds of heat - adibhuta, family and friends give heat; adidaiva, nature gives heat int erms of environmental impact and pandemics; adibhuta, our mind body gives heat thru diseases and other emotions, feelings Finally all heat is due to uncultured mind Mind has to be cultured by hearing, analyzing and application of sastras Most important function of mind is world view The knowledge embraced by the mind decides the world view If world view is wrong, it generates unwanted emotions Mind stops when right world view is architected then there is continuous touch with bliss of soul Both these properties indicate that fire of problems obstacle we face take us upward, closeness to god Receive welcome heat, redirect that heat to burn sins and internal toxins and glow in bliss

  aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance(tamas), O son of Kuru, darkness(aprakasho), inertia(apravrtti), madness(pramado) and illusion(moha) are manifested. When there is no illumination, knowledge is absent.   what is the source of illumination, source of light self and superself are the sources of light, guru vaisnava is source of illumination When in touch with sattva, there is a feeling of inner illumination. To aspire and come in touch is important in life. We are mostly floating in rajas or passion which is mostly material ambition and actions to satisfy the same. Svadharma and yajna will propel one from rajas to sattva One in the mode of ignorance does not work by a regulative principle ; routine is important in life Absence of routine attracts mode of ignorance eating sleeping and various daily activities should be guided by regulative principle Whimsical routine is not advised, le

  mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṁ dadhāmy aham sambhavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata The total material substance, called Brahman(yonir), is the source of birth , and it is that Brahman that I impregnate(dadhamy) , making possible (sambhavah) the births(bhavati) of all living beings, O son of Bharata. Here it is telling about the source of birth, the mulam, the root from where everything begins, everything is created. For products raw materials is the source. nowadays there is huge shortage of silica, the raw material for semiconductors. Sometimes we have to search for root cause of problems to eradicate them. Parents are the source of our birth or the womb of mother is impregnated for birth to happen. Source of birth and impregnation - due to impregnation something passive becomes a source of birth isnt it? Something happens due to injection is called impregnation. to  cause  something, usually a  solid   substance , to  absorb  something, usually a  liquid : Solid abso

Amazing benefits of just fixing oneself in uttama jnana  If one takes shelter of some knowledge, one can attain to the nature of God qualitatively and one is not disturbed by the creation and dissolution; the word sadharmyam is amazing because the word dharma means nature and sadharmyam means godly nature, so by taking shelter if uttama jnana one can attain to godly divine nature and the charecteristic factor of divine nature is atma ramatva - always content and ecstactic in one own self idaṁ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge ’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature like My own. Thus established, one is not born at the time of creation or disturbed at the time of dissolution. The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata. what knowledge? - Jnananam Jnanam - refer

Spirituality starts when one develops desire for Para siddhi Function of mind: brain to understand everything and making theories, “if’s” and “maybe’s.” Understand everything and make theories (mental process of If and maybe; come to a maybe conclusion and validate by Gurusastra) If means understanding world thru various conditions. Theory means a y=f(x) model) A theory is  a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method , and which brings together many facts and hypotheses . ... In common parlance, theory is often used to refer to something that is rather speculative   śrī-bhagavān uvāca paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Again I shall declare to you this supreme wisdom , the best of all knowledge, knowing which all the sages have attained the supreme perfection . From the Seventh Chapter to the end of

Topography of chapter 15 ----------------------------------------- First 5 slokas -> reflective world and need & method to detach sloka 7 to 11 - living entity and transmigration 12 - 15: Management of universe 16 - 20: Purushottama tattva Understand transmigration and why we are jumping from one branch to another in the reflective tree. The reflective world is also managed by the Lord thru light oriented planetary vegetation sustenance, digestion and information management Asanga sastrena drdhena chittva, our fortune is in cutting attachement to the reflective tree; Purushottama is the owner of this reflected tree empowering digestion and IT in the body.  you are transmigrating iam managing the light, planets, digestion and information Understand Purushottama, be perfect in all your actions, and be known with the Lord as intelligent Spiritual growth is by managing digestion, memory, knowledge and forgetfullness PLUS acknowledging purushottama -----------------------------------

 Light food Place digestion and information mgmt - all is enabled by the Lord Without light nothing can happen. This world cannot function without Sun Light is needed to see and perform various actions during day Light enables photosynthesis which leads to food Moonlight is needed to fill rasa in vegetables, plants and fruits Once food is produced, how it can be digested to generate energy consumable by each cell There is processing of food needed to a form which is consumable by the cells That is done by vaisvanara agni with the help of prana vayu Place is basically floating of planets in space - this has to be held by the Lord Purpose of the creation is to liberate oneself from the inverted reflected tree Though there is lot of provision but the provision is to cut the attachment to the reflection. asanga sastrena drdhena chitva