GITA FOR CHILDREN - III

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he easily forgets the lesson taught despite many repetitions. Man seems to

remember all kinds of trivial and useless information but readily forgets

important truths about his real nature.’ 6. ‘This is the main reason why I

have to incarnate again and again, to teach the same lesson! See how man’s

stupidity gives Me so much work? But I love man dearly and therefore I do not

mind. Arjuna, man forgets Truth but I don’t – that is the difference between

man and God.’ 7. ‘Now listen to this carefully. Humans take birth, die, are

born again, die again and so on it goes, in a seemingly endless cycle. This

repeated birth and death is related to a processing of “settling

accounts” one might say.’ 8. ‘In a given birth, a human being accumulates

some positive as well as some negative points. The positive points come from

the good deeds done while the negative points come from the sins committed. It

is this accumulation that causes rebirth.’ 9. ‘When a person is reborn, he

enjoys good luck in proportion to his positive points and bad luck

corresponding to the negative points. The positive and the negative are

inescapable for a person with an external outlook, that is to say, when the

vision is focussed mostly on the world outside.’ 10. Arjuna then asks,

‘Krishna, what You say is very disturbing. Is there no way to get out of this

rut of repeated birth and death?’ 11. Krishna replies, ‘Who said there isn’t

any? There sure is; all you have to do surrender to Me. In fact, I have already

told you how you can earn God’s Grace. Once you have God’s Grace, nothing can

touch you, and you can get off the hook once and for all.’ 12. ‘Human birth

is called Karma Janma; it means that birth is caused by the consequences of

actions performed in earlier births. That is what I just now described in terms

of settling accounts.’ 13. Arjuna asks, ‘Krishna what about You? Is Your birth

also a Karma Janma?’ 14. Krishna says in reply, ‘Arjuna, what are you saying?

I incarnate, and am not born like you and other ordinary mortals are. I have no

accounts to settle! Do you understand that? I come at specific times of My

choice for specific purposes. It is all a part of My never-ending Sport or

Leela. That is why the Incarnation of God is referred to as Leela Janma.’

15. ‘You want to know more? Here it is! This entire Creation is a Sport or

Leela of God. The

Universe is the stage and every person is an actor in God’s Cosmic Drama. All

the ups and downs that you see in life are a part of this extraordinary Drama.’

16. ‘Now an ordinary play must have a script-writer, a director, a producer

and so on. In the Cosmic Drama, all these roles are played by God Himself. He

is the Author, the Director, Producer, etc., etc.’ 17. ‘Perhaps you have seen

in the usual dramas that there is a person hiding behind the screen who whispers

the dialogue in case some actor forgets his lines. He is called a prompter. In

the Cosmic Drama also something similar happens. When people forget to follow

Dharma [which is really the script], God prompts

via the Conscience.’ 18. ‘However, there are times in history when such

prompting alone is not sufficient. God then dons a human form and descends as

an Avatar to play a direct role in His own Drama. This way, it becomes much

easier for Him to correct man.’ 19. ‘Arjuna, whenever the situation demands,

I come in human form. Such an Incarnation is called an Avatar.’ 20. Arjuna

asks, ‘Krishna why and when does God deem it necessary to incarnate?’ 21.

Krishna replies, ‘Ah, God incarnates whenever wickedness is on the rise and

good people are tormented by evil people. The Avatar deals suitably with the

wicked and protects the good.’ 22. ‘There are many ways in which the Avatar

deals with wicked people. When the number of evil doers is relatively small, He

arranges for them to be simply disposed off. This is like a surgeon removing

cancerous growth.’ 23. ‘Do not however imagine that the every time God

descends, He would do so with some sort of a weapon to slay people with. Far

from it. There are times when vast

sections of the population have good and evil coexisting within them. In such an

event, the Avatar obviously cannot go around slaying people. Instead, He resorts

to an entirely different strategy.’ 24. ‘When evil is widespread, the “weapon”

that the Avatar uses is the most powerful of them all! The beauty of this

“weapon” is that not even a single drop of blood is shed! Isn’t that amazing?’

25. ‘Can you guess what that “weapon” is? I am sure you cannot! It is Love

Arjuna, it is Pure and Unselfish Love, Love that gives and forgives, Love gives

and also forgets.’

Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">26. Arjuna asks, ‘Krishna, how on earth can just

Love alone get rid of the bad guys?’ 27. Krishna smiles and says, ‘That is the

beauty about Love! You see it does not get rid of wicked people but removes the

wickedness in people; got it?’ 28. Arjuna asks, ‘Krishna, are you saying that

Love transforms the bad into good?’ 29. With visible enthusiasm, Krishna

replies, ‘Correct, you got it! Transformation is the miracle that Love alone

can

perform; and that is how a bloodbath is averted. Arjuna, it is a pity that man

often tries to solve problems using violence, when Love would do the job far

more simply and much better too.’ 30. ‘Right now, what is required is surgery

but the day will come when the Avatar would be seen as nothing but Love. He

would all the time be talking about Love and through His own life put on

display the innumerable shades of Pure Love.’ 31. ‘Pure Love would scrub away

all the contamination in the minds of seekers who come to It. The Avatar can

charm and transform people in countless different ways, suited to the mental

make up of the person concerned.’

32. Arjuna asks, ‘Krishna, can you tell me some more about the Avatar?’

PART 8 33. Krishna replies, " Yes I can, but right now since time is short let

Me just say that in whatever way people adore Me and relate to Me in that very

same way I respond. Thus, to a child I am a child, to a woman I am a woman, to

a man I am a man; but when I am alone, I am God!" 34. " People wonder: '

Why did God who is Indivisible, create diversity in the Universe?' Well, that is

for the purpose of staging My Cosmic Drama. You would have noticed, Arjuna, that

people are very different in their aptitudes and attitudes. Some like to paint,

some like to sing, some are interested in sports, some hunger for power, some

are mad about business, and so on. All this diversity is needed for making My

Drama spicy! Thus it is that there are good guys as well as bad guys!" 35. "

Talking about My Drama, let Me now add a couple of more remarks about when I

make My appearance. You see, people normally tend to forget God, especially

when there are plenty of worldly attractions. But if the Avatar happens to be

around, His Divine Attraction draws millions to Him like a magnet, and this way

many many people start thinking

about God, at least part of the time." 36. " They come to Him with all kinds

of doubts to start with, but once they see Him, they are straightaway

captivated. And when He talks to them, they are instantly charmed and begin to

transform. In short, the Avatar initiates God-consciousness on a large scale,

which in subsequent years grows substantially. 37. " The Avatar also provides

many opportunities to devotees to redeem their lives by serving Him in many

ways. He gives “tasks” to many and people plunge into these tasks in order to

please God in human form. Actually, God does want any of these things; but He

pretends that He wants this or that done, so

that people could sanctify their lives." 38. " Just to give an example, in My

earlier Avatar as Rama, there was a need to build a bridge across the ocean. I

could have easily created such a bridge with a mere wave of My hand. But I did

not. Why? Because I wanted to give the vanaras or monkeys accompanying Me a

chance to do service. In fact, you might remember that even a small squirrel

came forward to help in this mighty project. What contribution can a mere

squirrel make? But God does not evaluate in terms of quantity; He cares only

for the spirit in which service is done, and thus it is that the squirrel

became eternally famous by winning the Grace of God. Remember! One teaspoon of

cow" s milk is far preferable to a barrel of donkey" s milk!" 39. " All this

sort of thing happens while the Avatar is around. But after the Avatar withdraws

and as the years pass by, man begins to forget again, and one more trip down

becomes necessary for Me!" 40. " Arjuna, being close to the Avatar confers

one priceless advantage. Proximity helps one to watch closely the Avatar in

action and learn innumerable lessons from Him. This is because the Avatar's

life is always His Message. As has been said, "Living with God is true

education!" 41. " Let Me now revert to the business of

action and inaction. Normally, these words are used in a purely worldly sense

but that is not correct." 42. " Let us say there is a hyperactive

businessman. He might be very busy all the time, chasing money of course.

However, a Wise man will not see all this as action; rather, he would describe

it as inaction! Why? Because for the Wise that alone is action, which is

performed in a selfless manner and as an offering to God." 43. " Perhaps

this would make clear to you that though Yogis might seem very passive and

“inactive” they actually are very active in a spiritual sense. Let Me explain

with an illustration." 44. " Let us say there is a Yogi who is deep in

meditation. You would think this man is utterly inactive and frozen, giving a

good imitation of a statue! Not correct!! You see, even while meditating, this

Yogi spreads sacred vibrations all around him. People get drawn to the Yogi on

account of his goodness, and when they are in his proximity, they experience

badly-needed calm and inner peace, at least for some time. The Yogi is hardly

conscious that he doing this; yet what he is doing is valuable service and

therefore counts as action in the spiritual sense, valuable action in fact.

Tell Me, how many are there who can render the important service of making

people experience calm and peace?" 45. " The two important points you must

note regarding actions are: firstly, they must be totally free from ego, and

secondly they must be done with Love. In fact, as the saying goes, true Karma

is Prema made visible! If action is performed in this spirit, then

automatically there is no thought of reward; it is this sacrifice of the desire

for the fruit of action or Karmaphala Tyagam as it is called, that would ensure

eternal escape from rebirth." 46. " Over the ages, people have devised

various methods of making offerings. Some build a sacred fire and offer

material objects to that fire. This is OK for a start, but what is preferable

is to sacrifice or offer or give up, call it what you will, one’s undesirable

traits, like bad desires, for example. Make this

offering in the Fire of Knowledge." 47. " Knowledge or Wisdom is the greatest

and most purifying fire that one can think of. Physical fire can burn only

material objects whereas the Fire of Knowledge can burn even such subtle

entities as bad qualities." 48. " There is nothing greater than Absolute

Knowledge for that alone gives a glimpse of the Oneness that is God. It is

Knowledge alone that will generate Constant Integrated Awareness or the

capacity to see God everywhere, in everything, all the time." 49. "

Once you are able to see God everywhere, even the traditional ritual involving

offerings to the fire would manifest as a part of the Cosmic Loop. That is to

say, you would realise that the one who is making the offering is God, the

object offered is God, the fire to which the object is offered is God, and the

ultimate receiver is also God. In short, everything is by God, for God and of

God! That is the awareness that true Knowledge would bring to you." 50. "

Arjuna, without Knowledge, you would be reduced to a bundle of doubts.

Therefore, seizing the Sword of Wisdom, slay ignorance, before you embark on

battle." TO BE

CONTINUED… With Sai love from Sai brothers – ‘’ Source and

courtesy: http://www.radiosai.org/Journals

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