The Lord said,
"I shall recapitulate the essence of what I told you so far. What I told you was the highest of all that mankind ought to know. The sages who absorbed it were liberated from the bondage of earthly life and reached the acme of the knowledge of the Self and God.
This knowledge brought them into my presence and they became godlike beings. They are not reborn when the new life-cycle begins and at the time of of the dissolution of life-cycle they do not grieve.
The Prakruti( Nature) who bears this infinite universe is far greater than all of the universes. She conceives and sustains this stupendous expanse of life universal. I pervade and penetrate her in very pore. I place the seed of life in her vagina and therein is the birth of all beings. Prakruti is the effective cause of the species of every form of life and I am the One who impregnates her with my seed.
The three basic attributes (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas) which govern every form of life are all born out of Prakruti. Sattva, the best of the three, Rajas, the middle of the three in value and Tamas, the lowest of the three, bid the Atman to stay bound to the body, and the Atman stays subjugated by them. Though Atman is the essence of God, it loses awareness of its true character and surrenders to the volatile passions generated by the fusion of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Sattva is purity. Therefore the light of pure consciousness moves through it without getting dull. The light passing through Sattva is untainted and gentle. But Sattva binds the soul to a certain kind of vanity. The predominance of Sattva produces spiritual ego. It also binds the soul to pleasure and comfort. In short, Sattva creates a clinging to pride and a longing for comfort.
The predominance of Rajas gives an inclination to pleasure and appreciation of the good things of life.
Rajas produces yearning, longing, thirst. It motivates a person to act with a desire to obtain the fruit of karma.This is how Rajas binds the soul to desire and attachment to karma.
Tamas is the darkness of ignorance and no human is able to escape from its power. The predominance of Tamas makes a person devoid of conscience. It leads a person to misadventure, ennui, drowsiness, and thus limits and diminishes the power of the soul and the capacities of the mind.
When all the sense organs and the gates of knowledge are fully open to the light of wisdom and are functioning efficiently, take it to be the condition of the prevalence of Sattva.
When the quality of Rajas exceeds the desired limit, there is greed, avarice, tendency towards hyperactivity, restlessness. There is propensity to thoughtless, rash actions which start a chain of reactions. It starts a process of endless karma which is not quietened easily.
Stupor, sloth, blunder, misdemeanor, thoughtless action etc. are the symptoms of the excess of Tamas.
The fruit of Sattva is peace and pure joy. Rajas produces sorrow in the long run, and Tamas produces ignorance.
The soul must see through the complex workings of the three Gunas, the basic tendencies of human nature. The soul must see how they are present in the very structure of Prakruti. The collective karma of all beings gives rise to the cycle of life and death. While the Gunas enact the drama the higher self dwells apart from it all. It is known to be the Drashta, the seer or the witness. And that is the reality of the individual soul. The one who realizes the truth of the Self is set free. He is ultimately free of the false ties and is at last free to come to me.
"I shall recapitulate the essence of what I told you so far. What I told you was the highest of all that mankind ought to know. The sages who absorbed it were liberated from the bondage of earthly life and reached the acme of the knowledge of the Self and God.
This knowledge brought them into my presence and they became godlike beings. They are not reborn when the new life-cycle begins and at the time of of the dissolution of life-cycle they do not grieve.
The Prakruti( Nature) who bears this infinite universe is far greater than all of the universes. She conceives and sustains this stupendous expanse of life universal. I pervade and penetrate her in very pore. I place the seed of life in her vagina and therein is the birth of all beings. Prakruti is the effective cause of the species of every form of life and I am the One who impregnates her with my seed.
The three basic attributes (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas) which govern every form of life are all born out of Prakruti. Sattva, the best of the three, Rajas, the middle of the three in value and Tamas, the lowest of the three, bid the Atman to stay bound to the body, and the Atman stays subjugated by them. Though Atman is the essence of God, it loses awareness of its true character and surrenders to the volatile passions generated by the fusion of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Sattva is purity. Therefore the light of pure consciousness moves through it without getting dull. The light passing through Sattva is untainted and gentle. But Sattva binds the soul to a certain kind of vanity. The predominance of Sattva produces spiritual ego. It also binds the soul to pleasure and comfort. In short, Sattva creates a clinging to pride and a longing for comfort.
The predominance of Rajas gives an inclination to pleasure and appreciation of the good things of life.
Rajas produces yearning, longing, thirst. It motivates a person to act with a desire to obtain the fruit of karma.This is how Rajas binds the soul to desire and attachment to karma.
Tamas is the darkness of ignorance and no human is able to escape from its power. The predominance of Tamas makes a person devoid of conscience. It leads a person to misadventure, ennui, drowsiness, and thus limits and diminishes the power of the soul and the capacities of the mind.
When all the sense organs and the gates of knowledge are fully open to the light of wisdom and are functioning efficiently, take it to be the condition of the prevalence of Sattva.
When the quality of Rajas exceeds the desired limit, there is greed, avarice, tendency towards hyperactivity, restlessness. There is propensity to thoughtless, rash actions which start a chain of reactions. It starts a process of endless karma which is not quietened easily.
Stupor, sloth, blunder, misdemeanor, thoughtless action etc. are the symptoms of the excess of Tamas.
The fruit of Sattva is peace and pure joy. Rajas produces sorrow in the long run, and Tamas produces ignorance.
The soul must see through the complex workings of the three Gunas, the basic tendencies of human nature. The soul must see how they are present in the very structure of Prakruti. The collective karma of all beings gives rise to the cycle of life and death. While the Gunas enact the drama the higher self dwells apart from it all. It is known to be the Drashta, the seer or the witness. And that is the reality of the individual soul. The one who realizes the truth of the Self is set free. He is ultimately free of the false ties and is at last free to come to me.
Powerful ideas. How do we verify their truth?
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