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🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺
🌿Chapter - 11🌿
Give Everything And Take Nothping
🌱 Day - 60 🌱
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विश्वं स्फुरति यत्रेदं तरंगा इव सागरे ।
सोऽहमस्मीति विज्ञाय किं दीन इव धावसि ॥
'Like waves in the ocean, the entire universe springs from me; from inside me. I am all this. I am the infinite ocean. When you can get in touch with your own ocean, with your own infinite and true nature, how will you, as a very meek person, run here and there for this and that?' What is that you are running after?
All the desires arise when your mind is not fully conscious. A semiconscious mind is the mother of desires. If it is unconscious, no desire comes, for instance, in sleep there is no desire. And when the mind is fully awake, then also there is no desire because everything is already acquired. What does desire mean? It means a lack of joy or fulfilment, and a requirement for fulfilment and joy. It is not that if desires arise, they should be stopped. When they are there, they are there. When desires arise, you should become more conscious and be aware of your nature.
श्रुत्वापि शुद्धचैतन्यमात्मानमतिसुन्दरम् ।
उपस्थेऽत्यन्तसंसक्तो मालिन्यमधिगच्छति ॥
Your Self is joy. You are beautiful and great. You are the world. You are God. You are all that 'is'. Even having heard this, it doesn't really register deep inside. You have read it in the books, and heard it so many times. Ashtavakra says the same thing. It's not the first time you are hearing this. शुद्धचैतन्य - You are pure. You have heard that you are pure. Yet, you feel you are a sinner. You have heard that you are beautiful. Yet, you feel you are very ugly. You have heard so many times you are beautiful, but you don't feel so yourself. Having heard all this, what is it that you still desire? This is a sort of wonder and not a question. It's really a wonder how, in spite of this, you may still get interested in desire of lust or small things. So just hearing is not enough. The liveliness of consciousness comes in every cell of our body. If every cell of being becomes alive the desires will automatically vanish. We don't need to wait for it to happen. Be more alive right now! In the morning when you get up, you should feel as though you are infinite sky. Become aware of your nature. That's what we chant in the mornings during these long courses.
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