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on Swami Anubhavananda's spiritual talk on Self Unfoldment through Bhagavad
Gita
Swami AnubhavAnanda gave a great talk on Self unfoldment through Bhagavad Gita.
Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita is the essence of the Bhagavad Gita; which is
the essence of the Upanishads which are the essence of the Vedas. Study, not
read, and implement chapter 15. You will unfold your True Higher Self. ----------------
Now for those who have some time for mid-day enjoyment, here are some phuljhadis
(sparklers) from Swami Ji.
There are 3 types of people:
Ones who wants to clean all the garbage in this world - Sweeper.
Ones who wants to improve his own Self - Seeker.
Ones who neither wants to improve the world nor himself - Sucker.
If you want to change the world, if you do not accept this world as it is, you
are disrespecting God. One who has no desire of changing/improving the world;
One who accepts everything the way it is; that One starts on the spiritual path.
Only when one who accepts oneself, as is, is there room for transformation -
room for reflecting inside and realizing the Higher Self.
Discussions and arguments clear problems Love dissolves, not solves, problems.
Most people think the Bhagvad Gita talks about Karma. It talks about KarmaYoga,
not Karma. Karma Yoga is doing what is right and not doing what is wrong vs.
doing what one likes and not doing what one dislikes. When one keeps doing right
and not doing wrong, one's likes/dislikes completely dissolve. Then one is content
doing right, is comfortable everywhere and is free from the bond of judgement
and habits. That being is a Karma Yogi.
The Bhagvad Gita is about :
Mamta (my-ness) - Dhritarashtra is a prime example of this;
Attachment - Duryodhana's is a great example of attachment to worldly activities
Karma Yoga - Arjun is disillusioned; when all the options to war had been exhausted,
the Mahabharat was declared; yet he doesn't want to go to war with his Gurus,
Elders and Family Members; so he justifies not fighting the war; he gives reason
upon reason to call off the war. Krishna, with a smile on his face, reminds
him of his Kshatriya duty, which is greater than the earthly bonds of relationships.
Swami Ji told us gently
that the lesson from this is, "Friends, never justify yourself to anyone. When
you are sure in your heart that you are doing right, there's no reason for arguments/justifications/explanations/clarifications".
We do not realise
the value of what we have; we take it for granted. The Space is always around
is but the Sun comes and goes everyday. Since the Sun is not always in our lives,
we realise it's value. There are many, many shlokas singing the praises of the
Sun but not one glorifying the Space - the Space, in which the Sun moves, because
of which the Sun rises and sets, goes unnoticed.
Swami Ji asked the audience, "Do you love and respect me?". Everyone said, "Yes".
"If you get upset with someone here, will you start fighting with the person?"
Everyone said, "No". "Why? Because you love and respect me, you don't want to
misbehave in my presence. You may appear calm outwardly while your mind says,
'Just let Swami Ji leave then I will show him'." Everyone knew the feeling and
smiled. "God is everywhere. If we realise God's presence everywhere all the
time, we won't lie, hurt, cheat, .... In your everyday life, while doing all
your routine activities, experience this presence and you will not go wrong".
You don't need replies to your questions. You need answers and solutions.
The solution resides, within your heart, right where your question originates.
Among many other gems, he left us with - When you leave home, your make-up is
not complete without a smile. When you interact with others, your actions are
not complete unless performed with Love.
He repeated many times, "You cannot change anyone except yourself" and "If you
are bored with yourself, can you imagine how boring you must be to others?".
However, someone still asked him at the end, how to spread this message of love
and bliss. Swami Ji offered all his tapes, CDs, videos - free of charge (I don't
want to make even one cent off of this nor do I want to take even $1 from this
to India - I don't desire to do any good). He said it's up to us to organize
ourselves and try to spread the message.
Hope you enjoyed the essence of his talk,
Madhulika