Bhagwad Gita- Post 156

Quality # 26

Sthiramatir                                         

Steady mind

He is not agitated, and is established in understanding. Such a devotee is the beloved of God.

Devotees have deep conviction in the supremacy of God’s position in creation and in their eternal relationship with Him.  

They are also firm in their faith that if they surrender to Him lovingly, by God’s grace they will achieve the highest realization.  

Steady mind is a rare quality to be found in Bhaktas / spiritual seekers in today's world.

We participate in satsangh, visit puttparthi, participate in bhaans and activities there, fill ourselves with firm resolve to pursue spiritual sadhana and then, even before reaching the airport, during the journey in cab itself, our mind gets drawn to Samsara!!

With Samsara pulling them strongly, they sway from here to there, they are not steady even in sticking on to one God/one Guru/one path in their spiritual sadhana.

Devotional resignation and exclusiveness will have to make the mind and intelligence resolute and stable. Like drdhaniscayatva mentioned earlier (12.14), sthira-matitva also emphasizes spiritual firmness and resolve. This means that the seeker is free of all doubts, desires, ego and possessiveness.

 

They indeed, who follow this 'Immortal DHARMA' (Law of Life) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their Supreme Goal --- such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.

To realize the Self and live in that wisdom at all our personality levels --- physical, mental and intellectual --- is the fulfillment of the life of a true seeker. It is not sufficient that he understands this, or reads regularly his scriptures, or even explains them intelligently. 

He must be able to digest them properly, assimilate them fully, and become Perfect. Therefore, Bhagawan says that he must be "ENDOWED WITH FAITH". 

Here, the term 'faith' means "the necessary capacity to assimilate spiritual ideas into ourselves through subjective personal experience." SUCH DEVOTEES ARE SUPREMELY DEAR TO ME !!

Let us  quickly recapitulate the 26 qualities .

1	Advestha sarva bhhotanam	Hates no creature
2	Maitrah, Karuna	Friendly
3	Nirmamo	Free from attachment
4	Nir ahankarah	Free from ego
5	Sama Dukha sukha	Balanced in pleasure  and pain
6	Kshamee	Forgiving
7	Santushta   satatam	Ever content
8	Yogee	Steady in meditation
9	Yataatmaa dridhanishchayah	Possessing form conviction
10	Madbaktah	Mind and intellect dedicated to the Lord
11	Yasmaan nodwijate loko	By whom world is not agitated
12	Lokaan nodwijate cha yah	cannot be agitated by the world
13	Harshaam arshabhyod wegair Mukto	Free from joy, fear, envy, Anxiety
14	An apekshah	Free from wants
15	Suchi	Pure
16	Daksha	Expert
17	Udaseeno	Unconcerned
18	Gatavyatah	Untroubled
19	Sarva arambha parityagee	Renounced all undertakings and all commencements
20	Yona hrishyati na dweshti	Neither rejoices, nor hates
21	Na sochati na kaangkshati	Neither grieves nor desires
22	Shubha Ashubha parityagee	Renouncing good and evil
23	Tulya nindaa stutir maunee	censure, praise equal
24	Santushto yena kenachit	Silent, content with anything
25	Aniketah	Homeless
26	Sthiramatir	Steady mind

  

it will be  extremely useful if we make a  monthly calendar, list down these 26 on the first column, insert the 30/31 dates column after that in our diary and before retiring at night, quickly run through the list and just put a "tick"  for the qualities in which we passed that day and a " cross" for the qualities in which we failed that day and then, over the next 3 months, see how many "x" have been converted to “ ✅  ”

With this we conclude  the 12^th chapter.

Love