Bhagavad Gita - Book 11, Volume 7

FEAR - THE DESTROYER OF ECSTASY

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There are two things that make you a human - the instinct to possess and the instinct to survive. The instinct to survive arises out of fear, from the Svadishtana chakra (fear energy center in your body), and the instinct to possess comes out of greed, from the Muladhara chakra (sex energy center in your body).

FEAR - THE DESTROYER

OF ECSTASY

Here the instinct to survive has appeared and he

has become Arjuna, the man. We do not

understand that when we drop the instinct to

survive, we become Krsna; we exist forever.

We become Bhagavan, the universal

consciousness. But most often, we hold onto

the instinct to survive. Now Arjuna slowly

comes down and becomes Arjuna, the man.

Arjuna exclaims, 'I see all the sons of Dhrtarastra, along with their allied kings, Bhisma, Drona, Karna, and other chief soldiers rushing into Your fearful mouths. I see some trapped with their heads smashed between Your teeth, ground into nothing.' He describes the whole scene.

He sees the heavy losses on both sides; his own side, his warriors and generals, but even heavier losses on the other side, including Bhisma who is invincible, Drona and Karna who are unconquerable. By inference he sees his own victory in the end. However, this scene does not fill him with peace and comfort. Arjuna is terrified at this vision of destruction.

The destruction of those whom he perceives as his mortal enemies leaves him with no comfort.

GOALS

To understand how fear can
create a barrier between us and
the Divine.

ASSESSMENTS

What is the meaning of "Arjuna uvaca?

Explain why in these verses it is better to say “Arjuna uvaca” instead of “Krsna uvaca”.

What shift in emotion is Arjuna showing and how has this affected his vision?

What two qualities make us human?

Describe the effects of the Svadishtana Chakra.

Describe the effects of the Muladhara Chakra.

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

paper

Paper

colours

PROCEDURE Encourage the children to draw and color their favorite pictures, and state that both must be done with their eyes closed. If they say they cannot do this, tell them that everything is a possibility so encourage them to try.

INFERENCE The possibility of “the possibility” gives you a breakthrough in life..

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:

SIT IN A QUITE PLACE FOR MEDETATION

PROCEDURE:

Sit straight, close your eyes Pray intensely to Parabrahma Krishna, the universal consciousness, in whatever name or form you know. Pray to this energy to give a glimpse of his being to you, to give at least a glimpse of experience of what Arjuna experienced, a glimpse of what all the enlightened masters experienced, to you. Inhale and exhale as slowly as possible, as deeply as possible. Inside your head the whole universe is moving, the space in front of you in your inner space, the whole universe is moving! See the sun, moon, all the planets, the whole universe moving in your inner space, visualize intensely, clearly, the whole universe moving in your inner space.

Slowly, relax from the body, be one with universal consciousness, see very clearly you have become one with the universe, you are seeing clearly, the sun, moon, planets, stars, moving. Just disappear into universal consciousness, forget your name, form, profession, gender, country, forget your identity, just see the whole universe intensely. Just see the whole universe moving intensely, all the planets, stars, moon. Just disappear in the universal consciousness, just become nobody, lose your identity, let it disappear in the universal consciousness, experience the bliss, fulfilling bliss in the whole universe. Expand and disappear in the universe. Dissolve into the universal consciousness. Om Shanti, shanti, shanti. Relax. Meditation given by Nithyananda Paramashivam for sloka 11.28 https://youtu.be/r43caSDo9JE 1:07:03 - 1:27:42

INFERENCE

Pray to the universal energy, it
responds to your thoughts, don't
think your prayer is just dead words.
They are living communication, it
responds to your thoughts.

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY: VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

Explanation:

We are hardly preoccupied with visualizations of our success; we are too busy with negative self fulfilling prophecies because of our past record. Negative patterns serve a vested interest so you keep the negative patterns alive and do not allow life to happen in you. Encourage the children to share to the group about a negative experience or problem that they had before winning. Encourage them to share that even when they had a successful outcome, they first had a negative experience.

[Figure: A portrait of a person playing a flute]

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:

VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

Explanation:

For example, you had fear before you went on stage and did a successful performance. Or you were nervous before your black belt grading. Or you had an accident at home where you spilled some food and you worried about your parents' responses but they praised you for cleaning up. When you created your past record, you did not have the intelligence of looking into the possibility of the possibility. The possibility of the possibility gives you a breakthrough in life.

CONCLUSION:

It is our constant conflict with Nature that leads to our suffering. Most of the time our actions are driven by instinct, the unconsciousness, where the samskaras reside. It has been designed by Nature to cope with life or death issues. Unfortunately, this system gets misused for all other mundane issues as well. If we learn to flow with Nature like the reeds in a river, we will always do the right thing.