"Always Think of Me
In the last verse of this chapter Kṛṣṇa says, ‘Engage your mind, always thinking of Me.’ Please understand
that the whole Universe, the whole Cosmos is intelligence and it responds to our thoughts, it responds to our
consciousness, to our very being.
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru I
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ II 9.34
Let me narrate an incident from my life:
Some time after Enlightenment, I was sitting in a forest in Tamil Nadu. There was a big snake lying just
next to me. I had my eyes open but was resting in the universal consciousness, in a meditative mood of
restful awareness. Several hours must have passed before I came out of my meditative state and the first
thought that came to my mind was, ‘Oh, it is a snake.’ As long as I was in the meditative state, I did not
think of the snake. You will be surprised that as soon as the thought of the snake came to my mind, the
snake began to realize that I was a man! It looked up, put down its hood and moved away. The fear in me
triggered the fear in the snake.
The entire Universe responds to each and every thought that we have. It is pure intelligence. So we must
be careful and integrated to what we think. When you start listening to you, integrity happens in you.
We are careful when we talk to others to make sure nobody is hurt. However when it comes to ourselves, we
treat our inside worse than a garbage can. Almost all the time, you use very loose words inside you and outside
you. A continuous stream of random thoughts, worries, fantasy, etc. goes on all the time. It is like a continuous
television going on inside and we have misplaced the remote control to stop it!
Please listen! Integrity does not mean only fulfilling the word you utter in front of people. Integrity is
honoring the words and thoughts that happen inside you, even when you are in your bedroom or bathroom.
For example, suppose you utter a word, ‘I commit with me that I will do morning yoga properly.’ Then, you
should give your life to fulfill it. Listen, the commitment you make to others is word, the commitment you
make to yourself is thought.
The moment we relax into eternal bliss, the Divine takes care of us. Whatever we lack is brought to us
and whatever we have is preserved for us. Naturally, we will experience, enjoy and enrich both the inner space
and the outer space. This is the ultimate secret that Kṛṣṇa reveals to Arjuna.
Let us pray to the Parabrahma Kṛṣṇa, the Divine consciousness, the Cosmic intelligence to make us
understand this secret of all secrets and experience the outer space and the inner space with eternal bliss,
Nityānanda.
Thus ends the ninth chapter named Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ, ‘The Yoga of Supreme
Knowledge and Supreme Secret,’ of the Bhagavad Gītā Upaniṣad, Brahmavidyā Yogaśāstra,
the scripture of yoga dealing with the science of the Absolute in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇārjuna
saṃvād, dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna."
-Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam – (Jeevan Mukti Bhashya)
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