Meditations on Transcendence

The rope of the ratha Symbolic of bondage of love The desire of the lord of Dwaraka Wanting hankering for the rope of love Of cowherds vrajavasis in vrindavan  When you hold the rope to pull You become unbound by ropes of illusion Why is illusion strong? Because of entwining of 3 ropes Sattva rajas tamas We can be unbound of ropes of illusion By bonding the lord to goddess of absolute love Sri Radha Sri Radha Sri Radha 

 Its life Everyday struggle navigating thru conflicts Swimming in the waves to stay afloat Where is the shelter? Where is the resort? The adhyatma, all pervading universal spirit trying to connect is a practice Go to a new area Pickup the laddle churn for ideas in spirit domain And write to manifest The world evolves continuously, 'jagat' Technology evolves and roadmaps exist Its in movement, flow Providing a so called better experience Technology is evolving at frenetic pace keeping pace is mental misery and unhappiness depression on the rise, so are suicides Its a paradox What about technology of bliss? We are squeezing material energy Which is fashionably called RD or technology its very fashionable these days Harness new laws of material energy Physics is discovering Engineering is harnessing The senses are finally titillated Swasthya to be attained the inner completeness the inner contentment As nature, independent of externals This higher mode of poorna astitva is possibl...

Conflict created by same goals which is - intense affection for God tussle between 2 rasikas How the supreme manages his lovers? 'Lokas tu lila kaivalyam' How many devotees get involved in the play 'the lila'? King Indradyumna, Queen Gundicha and Vidyapati Viswavasu, Lalita, Nila Madhav, rohini Kunda Kakabhushandi, Lord Brahma, Gala Madhava The time travel of King Indradyumna The bhavamayi sewa with mamta of Viswavasu The determination of Vidyapati The laulyam of King and Queen The crisis point in the 'Daru Brahma' lila When Vidyapati is imprisoned by Viswavasu Lalita is again the crisis manager All glories to affection of father to daughter The appearance as log of wood so heavy no one able to lift unknown are the play of the Lord washed away by the waves 'daru brahma'  Reached the shores at chakra tirtha Waiting with Brahmaji carried in golden ratha vidyapati, viswavasu, lalita The favour to Gundicha for her passionate loving service with intense attac...

 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 ad...

  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  somethi...

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 - re...