Dhyana..

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In our interest in the bhajan postings we hv forgotten the Divine Teachings of Lord Krishna to a great extent.So it is better to remember that also now and then.

Yogarudha is one who has attained the acme of yoga.Human perfection reaches its zenith in him.Deep dhyana or the meditation of the yogi develops into samadhi or enlightenment.In this state,the external world which is the projection of the mind,is no more to him.There is no mentation in him to manipulate the senses.As in sound sleep,so in this self-sufficiency and beatitude of samadhi the obligatory duties even get suspended.Freed from sankalpa,his mind is calm like an ocean without waves.In this plenitude of bliss the thoughts of this world and of any others likely to come are all blotted out.The Eternal Presence alone is.Desires and doings are all born of sankalpa.The brilliant presence of Iswara can't be perceived in that mental firmament which is disturbed by the gale of desires.Then what shuld the sadhaka do?Lord Krishna commands:

 

Uddhared atmanam nathmanam avasadayet

atmaiva hyathmano bandhur atmaiva ripuratmanah.

(Let a man raise himself by his own self;let him not debase himself.For he is himself his friend,himself his foe.)

 

One is oneself responsible for one's distincton or debasement.The contributions that others make in these respects are secondary.It is but usual that one complains that one's enemy has done havoc to one.But no one can be hurt without oneself contributing to it.It is possible for a sadhaka to avail himself of a wrong done to him by his enemy for self-purification.Because of misunderstanding and maladjustment man paves the way for self-debasement.And by doing so he becomes his own enemy.On the other hand, by right understanding and right conduct he elevates himself and thereby becomes his own friend.One is one's own arch-friend or arch-foe.The one that understands this fact.learns an invaluable lesson for life.

No one courts enmity; friendship alone is sought after by all.That being the case, how shall one choose to be one's true friend?Krishna says:

 

bandhur atma tmanas tasya yena tmai vatmana jitah

anatmanas tu satrutve varteta tmai va satruvat.

(To him who has conquered his base self by the divine self,his ownself is the friend;but to him who has not subdued the self,his own self acts as the foe.)

 

The base and the divine are the two mutually opposing natures at work in man.When either of them predominates the other gets vanquished.Where the body,mind and senses are under perfect control the divine nature pevails and pulls the man up.Progressively he evolves into high orders of existence.But when he submits to the base nature it ruins him completely.The foe outside hurts or attempts to hurt occasionally.But the foe of the base nature within oneself is constantly causing havoc.The recklessman is therefore,personally responsible for the evils that he has brought on himself.The yogi is the only one who is a genuine friend of himself causing self-emancipation in all respects.Barring him the others are enemies of themselves in varying degrees.Wordly people are they who seek after the impermenant things of the earth.Godly people are those who seek God and nothing else.For that Dhyana is the first step to achieve the goal.

 

Hare Krishna.

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