In the previous episode, we had witnessed a very important point pertaining to performing our “Yogam”, which Bhagawan Krishna emphasizes – The food that we consume and the amount of sleep that we give for our physical body determine the levels of “Sathva Gouna”, which is extremely important for the progress of our “Yogam”. This comes at a point when Arjuna asks Bhagawan Krishna whether he has to sacrifice his food and sleep if he has to perform his “Yogam”. Bhagawan Krishna replies in the negative and He explains in turn that the food that we consume should be minimal, just enough to nourish our physical body to chug along with our “Karma”. Our sleep should be in such a way that we do not oversleep. We should somehow find a balance between our food, sleep and “Yogam”. In today’s context, given the options of food that we have, we should ensure that we do not end up overeating anything. Even if we do so, we should perform physical exercises so that we maintain our body’s fitness level to the requisite requirement.
Saying all this thus, Bhagawan explains – “Oh Arjuna! If you do whatever I’ve told you till now, your senses will automatically come under control and your mind will be able to focus on me!”
“Yo maam pashyati sarvatra sarvam cha mayi pashyati!
Tasyaaham na pranashyaami sa cha me nah pranashyati!!”
Here, Bhagawan Krishna highlights a very important point. He says thus, “Oh Arjuna! If a person learns this trick to perform his / her “Yogam” correctly, and if he / she is able to focus his / her senses upon me, this person will be able to see me in every living being that he / she sees! This is the highest state of spiritual realization. If you’re able to attain 100% focus of your mind upon my divine physical form, you will be able to see my omni presence!” In the first line of the above shloka, Bhagawan Krishna changes only the “Shabdha” between the two halves of it – “Yo maam pashyati sarvatra” means “Whoever is able to see me in every living being”. “Sarvam cha mayi pashyati” means, “Whoever is able to see every living being in me” There is a subtle difference between the two phrases, isn’t it? In the first phrase, we are seeing Bhagawan in every living being and in the second phrase, we’re trying to see every living being in Bhagawan – So, in both these cases, if we’re able to achieve this, Bhagawan is automatically going to get pleased upon us. With Bhagawan’s divine “Anugraha”, our “Yogam” is going to be fulfilled.
Upon hearing this detailed answer from Bhagawan, Arjuna now shoots the next question immediately thus, “Oh Bhagawan! Whatever you’re saying is perfectly right. I agree with everything. You’re saying that our “Yogam” will get fulfilled ultimately if we’re getting our mind under control, aren’t you? My problem exactly lies here – I’m unable to control my mind at all! It’s running like a wild horse in every direction! I need some help from you with some methods as to how I should control my mind! Can you suggest some?” In fact, all of us also have this problem, don’t we? For instance, as we’ve discussed earlier as well, whenever we sit for meditating, our mind will be so unstable that it will keep jumping from one thought to the other. Even if our door bell or our mobile phone isn’t ringing for a while, we start becoming anxious as to why nobody is calling or coming to our home today! If our whatsapp messages aren’t being received on our mobile phone for a while, we start getting frustrated and our mind will push us to view our phone every now and then, isn’t it? This is where Arjuna’s question gains a lot of prominence.
So for today, let us understand up to this point and in the next episode, we’re going to witness a landmark answer for this from Bhagawan Krishna, which is a very important point that all of us need to implement in our daily lives, both professionally and personally. Stay tuned for an important accord! 🙂
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