Bhagavad Gita: Awareness, Not Achievement

MASTER – THE DISPELLER

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OF DARKNESS LIGHT IS AWARENESS.

Light is the sustainer of life. Light is one of the first manifestations of the Divine in creation. Without light and heat from the sun, life as we know it would be impossible. Everything in this world revolves around energy received from the sun in the form of light and heat. The sun is also the dispeller of darkness. Not only does Kṛṣṇa establish that He is the creator of this Universe—the solar system, sun, moon and the fire which sustain our lives, but He also tells us that He is the Dispeller of darkness. Kṛṣṇa, as the Master, as the Guru, is the Dispeller of darkness. Guru means one who dispels darkness. As the sun, moon and the fire, Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate Master who leads us into awareness of our natural state of completion.

You are vibrating a magnetic field. There are two frequencies inside you. There is a self in you which has a frequency of its own, this is what I call the energy of possibility of enlightenment. In Saṃskṛt we use the word jīvātma— individual soul. Then, there is the mind in you which it has the frequency of its own, this is the energy of the pattern and suffering present in you, which derived energy from the ātman.

there is a mirror in front of me. I always saw the mirror only reflecting these lights. Because, I have always seen this mirror lit up, I forgot that it only reflects, it does not have its own radiation, its own natural light! In the same way, because you always see the Moon reflecting the Sun, you forget Moon does not have its own light! Same way, your mind does not have its own energy. But, from the time you saw your mind, it was always reflecting the consciousness. Because of that you started thinking, you started feeling your mind as independent energy, which is not! So, the patterns you carry inside you have no

independent energy or power. At
any given point in time, you are
either used by the frequency of
your self or the frequency of your
mind. Please listen to the truths.
First, you have a frequency of
consciousness in you. Second, you
have the frequency of mind in you.
The frequency of the mind is the
pattern, incompletion, suffering
present in you. Third, at any given
point in time, you are either used
by the frequency of your soul,
ātman, consciousness or the
frequency of your mind, the
patterns.
Kṛṣṇa is the destroyer of our root
thought patterns, saṁskāras.
Saṁskāras are products of
darkness, our unconscious.

Darkness is not a positive entity. It cannot be shifted from point to point. However, it can be destroyed by light. The presence of light dissolves darkness. The presence of awareness of completion, our frequency of consciousness destroys saṃskāras. Darkness has no existence of its own. It only exists when there is no light. We cannot create darkness. It is the absence of something. From Me comes Light, Fire, Life energy Kṛṣṇa further expands on His pervasiveness. In the form of light and heat, He is the Sustainer of all beings within this Universe. He says that He is the energy of the watery moon and through this energy He is the life energy within plant life, puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥsarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasāt makaḥ. In the form of light and heat, He is the Sustainer of all beings within this Universe. He says that He is the energy of the watery moon and through this energy He is the life energy within plant life, puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasāt makaḥ.

Kṛṣṇa affirms that He is Brahman and through His manifestation of the various natural elements of space, air, fire, water and earth, He is responsible for plant life and therefore for food and human beings.

Without plant life, there is no food. Without food, there is no body and mind. Body and mind become food for others after death. Food is an expression of divinity. The energy behind food is both the creator and destroyer of saṁskāras.

Most of us treat food as a basic necessity or an object of sensual pleasure. We ignore it or become addicted to it. We need to be aware of what we eat. Before eating, offer gratitude to the Universe for what you have received and meditate upon the food. Traditionally Hindus offer oblations to the Divine and chant prayers before eating.

Major changes happen when you follow these customs with awareness. What Kṛṣṇa implies here as well is that food is divine since it has His imprint on it. We tend to take food for granted. Offering food to other living beings, has been considered a form of worship in Hindu tradition. Food has always been considered the repository of the Divine.

GOALS:

Impress upon the students that
dhyāna, meditation, is best
suited for spiritual progress and
for the realization that one's self
is part of that cosmic Self. -
Helping students understand
that food is divine.