Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Lesson 4

INTRODUCTION

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We experience life as divine and a blessing when we connect with the Divine, when we trust, when we completely open up, when we don’t have other vested interests and when we do not beg for anything from life. Only when we understand, ‘I want the pure experience of the Divine, nothing else,’ we experience the whole of Existence in a totally different way. Imagine how Arjuna felt when Kṛṣṇa revealed these things for the first time, inch by inch. ‘Oh Arjuna, I am that. I am this. I am everything.’ Arjuna may not have said anything, but he surely must have felt that he was expanding.

Arjuna already felt deeply connected
to Kṛṣṇa as his friend. Now, he
understands the glories of Kṛṣṇa.
When Kṛṣṇa reveals His glories and
expands, Arjuna also expands. He
says, ‘Oh God! I am a friend of such a
great person. Oh Kṛṣṇa, You are a
great person. I am your friend. I am
deeply connected to You.’ When we
deeply feel connected to the Master
and He expresses His glory, we
expand.

This darkness of ignorance is the identification that one has with one’s self, one’s material attachments and material possessions. This identification surely leads to sorrow since this attachment is for things that are fleeting. The Master is the only person who can dispel that darkness. Only He can light up that wisdom within you in order for you to realize that you are already one with Existence and therefore need nothing from this material world.