Arjuna was shaking, shivering, and Krishna smiles and says to Arjuna, "Speak like a great scholar, like someone who is enlightened. You should be ashamed of yourself, just look at your state. You are grieving for something which you should not grieve for. You grieving does not indicate wisdom. Be here now". Jesus has also said, "Those who came before me were robbers and thieves". What did he mean when he said this? It's not like they were robbers and thieves. He meant that they have stolen your mind (because of which you are not in the present). The mind is latching onto the past. Be here now. He said, "You are thinking of glorifying Moses and talking about other people who are not here right now, and you are expecting some prophet to come in the future. I have come to fulfill their prophecies". Wake up and be in the moment.
Yes, the cycle of birth and death, then you can step out it and that is liberation. Once you snap out of it, you like to go and play a game. Now it is not a serious issue for you, it is just a game, and it your own game.
Before, you think it is a struggle and a war, but when knowledge dawns, you find it is all a game. Nothing whatsoever can draw fullness away from you because you know that playing in mud for a little bit does not really make you dirty, and it just gets washed out when you take a shower.
Nobody grieves getting wet. Suppose you put your feet in water, you won't say, "Oh, my feet are wet!" Come on, once you take them out, they dry out. But to get to this maturity takes some time.
Yes, Somras is something deep inside you that creates an altered state which makes you so blissful. That’s it. No words.
I have no idea, but it has an impact on many levels. Even just before going to bed, you can put the knowledge and sleep. Even in sleep somewhere the consciousness picks it up.
Even Yoga Vashishtha is so beautiful. You should listen to it. All these concepts about God, life and consciousness gets demolished, and the truth which is like the vast sky dawns on you.
All these scholars and theologians who struggle so much about what God likes and doesn’t like, and who talk about Satan, they should simply listen to Yoga Vashishtha. Scientists around the world would love this knowledge of God. This concept is such that nobody can deny. It is the field of consciousness of which you are a part. You are a part of God and there is no escape from it. It is the desire, intellect and ego which obscure you from it.
If you freeze your desires for ten minutes, what is there? Nothingness! Freeze your intellect (wanting to know) for a few minutes, then there is nothing. We keep thinking, 'What about me', freeze that as well, then what is there ? Nothing! It's so easy. There can be nothing easier than this.
Scientists will love Yoga Vashishta because it takes you step by step. It does not say intellect is bad and you should shut it off, it says that there is something bigger than that, that is why you should freeze. I think that this one thing is good enough.
Yes, at the time of conception. When one conceives, at that time it enters. Then the other possibility is at the fifth month. And then there is one more possibility which is rare, that is at the time of birth. So three possibilities, first at the time of conception. Most of the time it is at the time of conception. The fifth month, one soul goes and another soul enters, and similar exchange can happen at the time of birth. It is like, someone buys a car and sells it to someone else after nine months. That is also possible.
Consciousness is first and then it helps generate the body. Consciousness is simply there as a catalyst and because of its presence, the body grows.
Of course, there is an aspect of both mother and father in you. You are the representation of Shiva and Shakti. When you realize this, you have both in you, you feel complete. When you feel this balance, you will feel fulfilled. Before this realization, you will look for company of others. As you move forward in life, at some point, this knowledge will dawn on you by itself that Shiva and Shakti are both here. There is nothing you have to do. Nothing at all!
We are born with some perfections and we can acquire the others. For a Yogi, the nine types of wealth and eight perfections are acquired.
