Be Self-Aware And Wake Up
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
॥ २=६८॥
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni
sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
O Mahābāho (mighty-armed one), his
knowledge is therefore steady whose
senses are completely detached from
sense objects
POWERFUL COGNITION
A person who is in control of his senses is firmly in control of his mind and emotions. Only such a person is truly awake!
या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।
यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः
॥ २=६९॥
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti
saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā
niśā paśyato muneḥ
The self–controlled man lies awake in
that which is night to all beings. That
in which all beings are awake is the
night for the sage who sees
POWERFUL COGNITION
Wake up!
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी
॥ २-७०॥
āpūryamāṇ amacala-pratiṣṭhaṁ
samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvatkāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa
śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī
Just as all waters enter the ocean, he
attains peace into whom all desires
enter, which when filled from all
sides, remains unmoved; not the
desirer of desires
POWERFUL COGNITION
The "Muni", one who is still, in silence, is one who is in total control of his senses.
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति
॥ २-७१ ॥
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvān pumāṁścarati
niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa
śāntimadhigacchati
The man who moves about
abandoning all desires, without
longing, without the sense of I and
mine, attains peac
POWERFUL COGNITION
Such a person who is self-aware is fully awake even when he is asleep.
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।
स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति
॥ २=७२ ॥
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya
vimuhyati thitvāsyāmantakāle'pi
brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati
O Pārtha, this is the state of Brahman,
Brāhmī-sthiti; none is deluded after
attaining this. Even at the end of life,
one attains Brahmanirvāṇa, oneness
with Brahman when established in this
state
POWERFUL COGNITION
A person steeped in yoga is complete in reality and is liberated
INTRODUCTION
In His concluding words in this chapter, Kṛṣṇa clarifies to Arjuna once again, how to reach liberation, how to become one with Brahman which is one's true and natural state. We have seen that a person not centered in self-completion cannot be peaceful or happy or wise. A person who is led by his senses cannot be complete. A person who is in control of his senses is firmly in control of his mind and emotions. Only such a person is truly awake.
We all think we are awake; are we really? We live in daydreams even if we are awake. The only occasion when we are truly awake is when we are in the space of completion.
A person in such a space of completion is whom Kṛṣṇa calls a ‘Muni,’ a realized being living in the present. Such a person is always awake, having experienced his inner awakening, whether physically awake or asleep. Kṛṣṇa says that such a person is in sleep when others are awake, yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ (2.69). The realized person, although he may appear to be living and actively participating in the activities of the same world that we live in, is in reality, in a state of passive alertness or restful awareness.
This means that his senses are not immersed in worldliness and he is centered and complete in his Self. He is dead and asleep to this world because he has moved beyond his senses. A truly realized person is also awake when others are asleep. Even in his sleep he is aware, in what is called the state of supta chittam.
A person who is in the space of
completion is still as the waters in the
bed of the ocean. Though there are
waves in the surface, they do not
disturb the bed of the ocean. Even
when desires assail him, they are mere
waves in the periphery of his
consciousness, and do not disturb him
at all. He has abandoned all attachment
to 'I' and 'mine.' He is without
thoughts and desires and when
thoughts and desires come to him, they
merge into him without disturbing
him.
How this is possible? The ‘Muni,’ one who is still, in silence, is one who is in tot al control of his senses. When the senses are controlled, when the ego is out of action, all thoughts and desires are just witnessed.
The ‘Muni’ does not get involved in
these thoughts and desires. He does not
even try to stop or suppress them, as he
knows it is impossible. He just lets
them be watching them go past, just
like the ocean watches impassively as
other waters merge into it.
We are all enlightened because we
are all a hologramic part of the
reality of the Universe, Brahman. All
that we lack is the awareness of the
truth of our Enlightenment.
I TELL MY DISCiPLES TiME
AND AGAiN, 'I AM NOT HERE
TO PROVE MY DiViNiTY. I AM
HERE TO PROVE YOUR
DiViNiTY.' THiS iS THE
TiMELESS MESSAGE OF
KRiSHNA, THE MESSAGE OF
BHAGAVAD GiTā.
The science of completion is
the essence of Sāṅkhya Yoga.
Completion makes you
experience the Sāṅkhya of life.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is the space of
completion Himself, sets
Arjuna on the path of
completion. May all of you
travel that path too! Thus ends
the second chapter named
Sāṅkhya Yogaḥ, ‘The Yoga of
Knowledge of Completion,’ of
the Bhagavad Gītā.
GOALS
❖ Helping each child
understand what it means to
be truly awake.
❖ Helping each child know they are truly Divinity
ASSESSMENTS
- Who is truly awake?
- What is a Muni?
- What is a Muni dead and asleep to?
- When is a Muni also awake?
- Do desires disturb a Muni?
- What courage does Arjuna have?
- What does Swamiji tell his disciples again and again?
- Is completion a science?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
SLEEPING PATIENTS
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Paper
- Colouring Pens
PROCEDURE Draw a night scene of nurses and doctors watching over sleeping patients
INFERENCE There is always someone awake when others are asleep.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
FOOD COLORING
MATERIALS NEEDED
❖ A clear glass of water and teaspoon per child ❖ Food coloring ❖ An eye dropper (one per acharya)
PROCEDURE:
Ensure the water in the glass has had a chance to settle and be still. Acharya drops one drop of food coloring in each glass. Get the children to watch how the color drops to the bottom of the glass and does not move from there. Then the child may use their spoon to mix the water.
INFERENCE
The bottom of the ocean is still. When we add an activity it stirs the colour into the water. A person who is in the space of completion is as still as the waters in the bed of the ocean
WORKSHOP OF
THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF
THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
Let The children hold Vaaryartha Sadhas on how they understand that we are all a holographic part of the reality of the Universe, Brahman.
CONCLUSION You are Divinity
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