Cultivate The Conscious
Of The One
Krishna is named
Yogeeshwara in the Geetha. What does that mean? Yoga is defined by Pathanjali
as the nirodha (control) of the vritthis (agitations) of the chiththa
(mind-stuff). If the mind is stilled and free from waves produced by the wind
of desire, then he becomes a Yogi and the Lord is the highest Yogi, for He is
the ocean that is unaffected by the waves which agitate the surface. Krishna
danced on the hood of the serpent Kaliya and forced it to vomit its poison, it is
said. This is only another way of saying that he forced sensual desires to
divest themselves of pernicious effects. Yoga of this type is the best means of
attaining the Yogeeshwara (the Lord ofyogis); not breath control, but sense
control is the prescription. Transcend anekathwa bhava (the consciousness of
the many) and cultivate ekathwa bhava (the consciousness of the One), that will
end strife, grief, pain and pride. See all as but expressions of the same God,
as appearances on the same screen, as bulbs lit by the same current, though of
manifold colours and wattage.
Feel that you and they
are able to talk and walk, think and act because of the God within. Differences
that strike you while you cast your eyes are illusory; you have not yet
developed the vision that makes you apprehend the unity which is the truth of
all the seeming diversity, that is all!
The fault is in you, not the world. The world is One; but, each takes it to
mean what pleases him most! The world is One, but, each sees it from his own
angle and so, it appears as if it has multiple faces.
Divine
Discourse – 10th May, 1969
Source
: SSS, Vol 9 Disc. 6
