Bhagwad Gita - Post 142

Verse 6 

Ye tu sarvaani karmaani

Mayi sannyasya matparaah;

Ananyenaiva yogena maam

Dhyaayanta upaasate.

But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme goal, meditating on Me with single-minded Yoga.

Verse 7 

Teshaamaham samuddhartaa Mrityusamsaarasaagaraat;

Bhavaami nachiraat paartha Mayyaaveshitachetasaam.

To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of the ocean of the mortal Samsara!

Here, Krishna prescribes certain definite conditions to be faithfully followed by all meditators upon the Form of the Lord and concludes that those who are following His instructions fully, will be saved from their mortal limitations, by the Lord Himself, on whose Form they are contemplating. 

A careful study of these conditions will show us how the devotee grows mentally to stature so divine and high that, thereafter he needs no help from anyone at all. 

But, in the beginning, a seeker needs some assurances from his teacher in order to instill in him the required self-confidence to start his practices.

REGARDING ME AS THE SUPREME GOAL 

A devotee is advised not take up religion as a part-time entertainment, or as a temporary escapism, but to consider the Lord as the Supreme Goal to be achieved in and through life. 

In short, we are advised that in order to ascend to the Higher summits of cultural perfection, it is necessary that we direct all our contacts, transactions, and experiences in our life, towards the achievement of this cumulative goal of Self-Perfection, as symbolized in the Lord of our heart.

WITH SINGLE MINDED DEVOTION

This was taken up in Sai center in Oman. Single pointed devotion followed “Attraction”, “Faith” and then “Adoration and Worship”.

For those who remember, this was explained with a talk on how a fierce bull is controlled and mastered, to align that analogy with gradual control and channelizing of our monkey mind  to focus on God with single pointed devotion. 

Initially, the bull is so fiercesome that one cannot even go anywhere near the bull. How a wise person tamed and mastered the bull was explained, in the context of how we can tame our mind and master our mind ultimately.

TAMING  A FIERCE BULL	SINGLE POINTED FOCUS ON GOD
Wise man draws an outer fence for the bull.	Draw an outer limit beyond which your thoughts / mind should not travel.
He shows grass to the bull.	Introduce spiritual sadhana to the mind.
Bull comes near grass and forgets to be fierce as it is now  tempted by the grass shown to it.	Mind starts responding to spiritual sadhana and in that process, stops wondering to other thoughts at least while in sadhana.
He starts feeding the bull daily.	Involving the mind to regular daily spiritual sadhana.
Narrowed the outer fence area for the bull to roam around.	Mind has now stopped wandering here and there in other thoughts due to immersing in daily sadhana.
Could touch the bull, bull responds to the affection of the person touching the bull.	Mind starts loving the experience it gets in spiritual sadhana and hence immerses in Sadhana.
The fence is totally removed and yet the bull stays where it is, and the person is now freely able to touch, hug and even sit over the bull.	There is no need for any deliberation for the mind to restrict its thoughts, there is no need for any control over the mind, the mind has now achieved SINGLE POINTED FOCUS in Spiritual sadhana and the devotee has now mastered his mind.

"I SHALL BE THEIR SAVIOUR"

This is a divine assurance and an infinite guarantee. It is possible that seekers may become rather impatient when even after months and years of practice, they do not come anywhere near any spiritual experience.

But for those who pursue sadhana with steadfastness without losing hope, God does come to rescue as savior, by bestowing His divine grace to uplift them. 

TO THOSE WHOSE MIND IS SET ON ME 

The mind generally takes the form of the object it contemplates upon. When an integrated mind-intellect-equipment of a devotee, through constant practice, gains the capacity of engaging itself entirely on the concept of the Lord, to the exclusion of all agitations and unholy thoughts, the entire mind assumes the stature of the Infinite. 

It is the mind that gives us the hallucination of our egocentric limitations, and again, it is the mind that rediscovers the Infinitude. 

Bondage and liberation are both for the mind. The Self is ever free; ever liberated; never bound.

The conclusion is that by continuously offering their hearts and minds in uninterrupted, exclusive, loving devotion to the Supreme Lord, He becomes indebted to them so much so that He personally rescues them from samsara, the perpetual cycle of birth and death and promotes them to the immortal spiritual worlds to eternally share in exclusive blissful communion with Him.

Love.