Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 - Lesson 5 of 7: Where Do We Go From Here?

THE 3 STEPS

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1. Step one is when we realize that each of our thoughts, words, and activities arises from one of the three root patterns, guṇas—satva, rajas and tamas.

2. Step two is the understanding about which guṇa, root pattern it is and exactly what that guṇa is doing to us; what disempowering cognition that guṇa is building about our inner image (mamakāra), our outer-image (ahaṃkāra), others' image (anyakāra), others' expectation about us, and life's image (svānyakāra).

3. Step three is to do the completion and the creation process; do completion with that guṇa or root pattern and do creation of the satva guṇa, the right inner space to create the reality that we want. Finally we transcend satva guṇa and enter into nirguṇa or ‘no guṇa state’.

Whatever we are
doing, whatever is
happening to us, we
need to become aware
of the attribute, the
guṇa, the pattern that
is driving us and
complete with it. If it
is a fantasy, we work
out of tamas. If it is
fear and greed, we
work out of rajas. And
if we are complete,
unattached and
undisturbed by all that
is happening in and
around us, we act out
of satva guṇa.

TRUST NATURE!
Here Kṛṣṇa assures, ‘Those situated
in the mode of goodness gradually
go upward to the higher planes—
ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā
(14.18).’ A continuous tireless
completion process creates the basis
for higher level practices, for higher
planes.

We have talked about the saṁskāras
or root thought patterns that are
buried in our unconscious. They
drive us through one of these
attributes (guṇas). Conscious,
logical and analytical procedures
cannot easily identify them, let
alone remove or repair them. That
is why so-called catharsis processes
that aim to rid us of negative
emotions give only temporary
relief. The basic negativity remains
buried.

ONLY ENLIGHTENED MASTER DISSOLVES GUṆAS

Visualizing consciously or unconsciously
does not take us out of rajas and tamas.
We can be dragged deeper into the
fantasyland of tamas. Those moments
are the most dangerous moments you
are spiritually vulnerable.

Crying out of powerlessness due to rajas
or tamas is not okay. When your
immune system is down, any wrong
negative spiritual concepts can infect
you. Infection by the root pattern can
happen in you during those powerless
moments. When the infection of
negative patterns happens in you, it is
almost incurable. Only an Enlightened
Master can do the surgery and cure it.
That surgery is called Inner Awakening..

The only way to move into satva and dissolve saṁskāras is to move into a super-conscious state through powerful meditations processes on root pattern completion. There is no other way that we can achieve it ourselves. Only the presence of super-conscious energy, the Enlightened Master can dissolve saṁskāras, the root patterns and burn out our vāsanas, the conflicting patterns developed through these root patterns. It is the only way. All other techniques do only one thing; they make money for those who promote them and put those who are seeking help into deeper trouble.

So first bring integrity to your thoughts and actions. Identify which guṇa they come from. If it is a fantasy, rooted in tamas, complete and drop the fantasy and move into the present reality.

Every one of you has a fantasy deep down about you becoming all- powerful, all-knowing, sarvajña, that’s all. Living as per the expectations of you, behaving as you expected about you, is the greatest joy you can experience in life. Completion does that to you! Nothing else can do that to you.

This realization and awareness that completion helps you move out of the zone of fantasies and creates your reality as you want, can only come as a result of learning the Science of Completion.