Bhagavad Gita - Book 10, Volume 1

INTRODUCTION

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There are two ways in which we can live. First, we can embrace and welcome reality, in which case our ego or root pattern must dissolve because only then can we face reality. Please understand that this reality is God. God is not some entity hidden in some remote corner of the Universe or in the sky. He is the reality around us.

The second way of living is how most of us live: We create a shell, a dream world around ourselves to defend a false ego which has no substance in reality. This is what is meant by māyā—illusion. Since we are hidden in this capsule of our unreal world with our ego as the center, we cannot feel the immediate presence of God, who is actually the closest to us.

Listen! The first thing Kṛṣṇa teaches as rājavidya rājaguhyaṁ (secret of all secrets), is that Existence is not your enemy. It responds to your thoughts. It continuously cares for you. It is intelligence.

If you live with the attitude of enmity with the Whole, even when you live, you will constantly be tortured. When you live with the feeling of friendliness or sakha bhāva, with the attitude that Existence is your friend, that Existence is your own, you feel a deep easiness. Above all, more than the easiness, you will feel deeply connected to Existence.

A illustration of a pond with a lily pad

By its very nature, the wave
starts in the ocean, exists in the
ocean and falls into the ocean.
If it understands that it is a part
of the ocean, it will be utterly
relaxed. It will live a blissful life.
If it fights the fact, it will fight
with the ocean. But eventually
it has to fall into the ocean.

If you understand that Existence is
your friend and it deeply cares for
you, you will not feel the need to
live according to a script for life.

Instead, you will have tremendous
courage and trust in yourself to
live life spontaneously. Please
understand, Existence constantly
cares for you.

Trust the intelligence in you. Be
complete and welcome life as it
flows. The ultimate secret that
Kṛṣṇa wants to reveal is that
Existence, Parāśakti, Brahman, is
your friend, not your enemy. It is
intelligence and it responds to
your thoughts. This is the first
understanding.

A young monk in saffron robes sitting in a meditative posture

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GOALS:

Children to learn about four
inner powers and three types of
karma. To understand why we
assume the body.

To understand what happens when we leave the body.