Day by Day with Bhagavan, 3-1-46 - on past, present, future

[Guest guest]

3-1-46

 

When I entered the hall Bhagavan was already answering a question which, I gathered, was to the effect "Is the theory of evolution true?" and Bhagavan said, "The trouble with all of us is that we want to know the past, what we were, and also what we will be in the future. We know nothing about the past or the future. We do know the present and that we exist now. Both yesterday and tomorrow are only with reference to today. Yesterday we called 'today' in its time, and tomorrow will be called 'today' by us tomorrow. Today is ever present. What is ever present is pure existence. It has no past or future. Why not try and find out the real nature of the present and ever-present existence?"

 

 

Another visitor asked, "The present is said to be due to past karma. Can we transcend the past karma by our free-will now?"

 

Bhagavan: See what the present is, as I told you. Then you will understand what is affected by or has a past or a future and also what is ever-present and always free, unaffected by the past or future or by any past karma.

 

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