Truth/Ultimate Truth/Consciousness/Energy etc

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Dear All,

 

I was browsing the web , searching for any insight on "Truth"

and "Ultimate Truth".

 

It came as a pleasant surprise to me that one of the chapters of the

Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 7 - is called "Knowledge of the Ultimate

Truth". Also, reading this chapter was like meeting an old friend

after a very long time. I remember attending Gita lectures over ten

years ago and at that point, the presenter was focussing on Chapter

7.. so reading it today brought back some nostalgic happy memories.

 

What struck a chord was the content of two of the verses and how

they tie nicely with what I am learning in the Chandi now.

>From Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita , we have

 

 

Verse 13

This complete universe is deluded by the threefold condition of the

modes of the external energy (Sattva/Rajas/Tamas) ; certainly no one

knows Me, who is beyond them, immutable and Supreme.

 

 

Verse 14:

This divine illusion of Mine, consisting of the three modes of

external energy, certainly is difficult to overcome, but those who

surrender unto Me, they only are able to surmount this illusory

energy.

>From Chapter 1 of the Chandi , we have

 

Verses 54 to 58

 

"... the Supreme Lord, is put into the sleep of the divine union by

the Great Measurement (Mahamaya) and therefore the world is deluded

by Her. She, this Supreme Goddess, the Great Measurement of

Consciousness, attracts the perceiving capacity of all sensible

beings with such force as to thrust them into the ignorance of

egotistic attachment...... it is She who, after satisfaction,

bestows upon humans the blessing of liberation...."

 

Verse 91 and 92

 

"...Freed by Her, the Lord of the World, the Causer of Being, rose

from His couch on the Infinite Ocean of Being...."

 

End of quote.

 

ie both the Gita and the Chandi say the same thing ... when we

surrender to the Goddess - the energy - She is pleased and wakes up

Vishnu - the Supreme Consciousness

 

Hmmm, looks like Lord Krishna (in the Gita) and Medhas Muni (in the

Chandi) agreed on the same story :-)

 

Jai Maa !

Latha