Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 - Lesson 7 of 8

THINK PSYCHOLOGICAL NOT CHRONOLOGICAL

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Don't think these are chronological concepts. They are psychological. If it were chronological, then do you think that the millions of people who die in those six months become enlightened? Enlightenment is not an accident! It is a pure conscious choice. So be very clear, when He says agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ.

He means if we are conscious ... agnir jyotir ... means when your being is conscious ... when your being is fully alive, awakened, naturally you go up. (śuklaḥ means going above, kṛṣṇa means going down). If we live throughout life centered on the eyes, our energy leaves through the eyes. At the last moment, we open the eyes and the soul leaves. If we live throughout life centered on the tongue, eating, our mouth opens and the soul leaves through it. So if we live throughout life centered on higher consciousness, our energy leaves through the sahasrāra, the crown cakra, the energy center on the top of our head.