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What I am? I am this consciousness. I am not this body. - That education begins from there. And the whole practice, whole idea, should be to detach myself from this misconception of life

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

One should take account of the spiritual. Now begins from that consciousness that, "What I am? I am this consciousness. I am not this body." That education begins from there. And the whole practice, whole idea, should be to detach myself from this misconception of life.

So what is this manifestation in the course of this material world, so many things coming? Just like a bubble in the ocean. Just like . . . if you travel over the seas you will find so many waves are tossing each other, and so many bubbles are formed, and again it is submerged in the water—no account of it. Similarly, all these manifestations are coming and going and coming and going and, packed within this coming and going, there is the actual spirit soul, which na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre (BG 2.20), which exists, and we are that permanent existent.

We are that permanent form, not that we are formless. We have got form, but it is very minute. We cannot see with these eyes. Our eyes is . . . eyes are always imperfect. What we can see? We cannot see very . . . which is situated in very long, distant place. We cannot see even our eyelid. So these eyes are very conditional. So how we can see what is our . . . what is my constitution? These things are to be considered. One should take account of the spiritual.

Now begins from that consciousness that, "What I am? I am this consciousness. I am not this body." That education begins from there. And the whole practice, whole idea, should be to detach myself from this misconception of life. So one of the symptom is that:

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas
tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
(BG 2.57)

Now, na, na abhinandati. Now, suppose one has done very marvelous work. So we should not be very much enthusiastic to praise for such work. What is that work? That work is material. It will vanish. Nābhinandati. Neither, when it is vanished, he is also sorry for that. These symptoms are for a person who is situated in the pure consciousness platform. Tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā. His prajñā, his intelligence . . . you mind that, intelligence is above the mind. The first stage is . . . the general stage of our life is the activities of the senses.

Page Title:What I am? I am this consciousness. I am not this body. - That education begins from there. And the whole practice, whole idea, should be to detach myself from this misconception of life
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-10-12, 12:41:12
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1