How To Approach God In The Right Way?

BEYOND

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LOGiC LiES DEVOTiON

The mind receives information through the senses of perception, and executes decisions through the senses of action. When the senses are denied access to the external world, which is their sustenance, the mind shuts down. Thoughts cease! Ego is a creation of the mind. It is an illusion because it is not permanent; it is not the truth.

True realization of the Self is achieved
when the ego is shed and when the mind
stops.

Then, inner intelligence awakens to the Cosmic intelligence. Here, Kṛṣṇa refers to ego as ahaṁkāra. It is our identity that we project outwards, which is always in excess of what we think of as ourselves.

There is another side to our ego,
called mamakāra, which we
project inwards; what we think
of as us inside us. This
mamakāra is always lower than
what we think ourselves to be.
The perpetual gap between this
outer projection and inner
projection creates self-doubt,
stress, suffering and disease
within us

Here, Kṛṣṇa refers to ego as
ahamkāra. It is our identity that we
project outwards, which is always in
excess of what we think of as
ourselves. There is another side to
our ego, called mamakāra, which we
project inwards; what we think of as
us inside us.

This mamakāra is always lower than
what we think ourselves to be. The
perpetual gap between this outer
projection and inner projection
creates self-doubt, stress, suffering
and
disease within us.

When we realize our Self, we realize that we are Divine and nothing less. Anything we think about ourselves which is lower than this, is low self-esteem, is self-doubt. What Kṛṣṇa says is true for all of us. We are above the energies that constitute us.

We too are the energy that constitutes our body-mind system. All that we lack is the awareness of this Truth.

An illustration of a bald person in orange robes

Our natural state is to know ourselves.
Once we realize the Truth that we are
God, there is no difference between
Kṛṣṇa and us. We are enlightened.
That is what Kṛṣṇa came to prove.
He has no need to prove that He is God.
He doesn't care if we know it or not.
His mission was to enlighten Arjuna, and
through Arjuna, the rest of humanity.
His mission is to prove to us that
we too are God