Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 - Lesson 6 of 10_English

THOUGHTS ARE LIKE CLOUDS

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Any effort that we make is another act
in this dream. The whole idea is to
not become entangled or emotionally
attached to the housekeeping in this
dream. The idea is to enjoy it and
watch it by becoming one with our
true self.

Witness the consciousness that is
witnessing. When you watch, detach
from the thoughts, sit back, relax and
watch. Do not try to create nourish or
destroy the thoughts. The ultimate
consciousn- ess that witnesses is
beyond Brahma (Creator), Viṣṇu
(Sustainer) or Śiva (Rejuvenator).
When we learn to welcome thoughts
and allow them to complete, they
merely come and go.

It is like watching clouds in the sky.
Even if there is a thought saying
that you are witnessing, watch that
thought also. Watch the witnessing
until that thought also disappears.
Go beyond and beyond, deep into
your being. Go beyond the thought
that you are witnessing. Please
listen. As long as you think in your
mind that you are witnessing, you
are not witnessing. When the
thought that you are witnessing
exists, you are not witnessing. You
are now caught in the thought, 'I
am witnessing.' Drop that!

Illustration of a young spiritual figure

This last thought that you are witnessing is like a bridge between you and God, between you and the thoughtless space. Initially, when you try to witness your actions and your thoughts, it is natural to think that you are watching. Let it be. Having this thought is better than having a hundred incomplete thoughts bombarding your inner space. But go beyond. Do not stop there. Witness the thought that you are witnessing. Then the pure, uncorrupted and untouched complete inner space happens in you. It is only in the uncorrupted and pure inner space of completion that God manifests and the Divine consciousness is perceived. Understand, Completion is God.