GITA FOR CHILDREN - Part VIII

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reflection of what is within.’ 59. ‘Let Me briefly illustrate My point before

I get back to the Yogi. You see a man and say that he is a bad fellow. You

judge him to be bad because there is bad in you! Unless you know what is bad,

how can you declare him to be bad?’ 60. ‘This is where the true Yogi is

different. The Yogi identifies himself totally with God and sees God not only

within himself but also everywhere, including in all beings. Since he sees only

God everywhere, for him there are no bad people!’ 61. Arjuna frowns and

mumbles,‘ Krishna, I am not getting the point. Can You please explain again?’

62. Krishna smiles and says, ‘Yes I shall. Firstly understand that God is the

only Reality there is; that is because God is the only entity that is

permanent. Next, Reality is within, for the simple reason that the Heart is the

permanent residence of God. Thirdly, God is everywhere because the outside is

merely the reflection of the inside. So, how can you ever say there is bad in

the world? It is all the result of wrong vision!’ 63. Arjuna protests and

says, ‘But Krishna, there is something very weird about Your argument! If there

is nothing bad in the Universe, then why talk about good guys and bad guys, why

talk about Dharma and Adharma, and why this war in which You are asking me to

fight? I am totally lost and back to square one!’ 64. Krishna laughs and

says, ‘Arjuna, I can well understand your problem. In fact, this is the

confusion that almost all people have. Just keep listening carefully, and in

due course your doubts would all vanish. Getting back to the subject of

Reality, in simple terms it refers to the Cosmic Unity underlying diversity. He

who sees Me in everything and everything in Me has understood Reality. Such a

one I shall never forsake. And when this person sheds his body, he would merge

forever in Me.’ 65. ‘Arjuna, the Wise man always feels is that he is in all,

also that all are in him. This is a very important point. The Truth is that man

is a limb of Society, Society is a limb of Nature and Nature is a limb of God.

To give an analogy, your nail is a part of your finger. The finger

is a part of your hand. The hand is a part of your arm and the arm is a part of

your whole body. Got it?’ 66. ‘Having identified himself with God in this

manner that is as a limb of God, the Wise man now sees everyone else also as a

limb of God. In this way, he feels that all are part of God. Further, as he has

identified himself with God, he now feels that all are a part of him!’ 67.

‘Coming now to the other aspect namely, “I am in all”, the Wise man sees it

this way. Let us say you see a hungry starving man. Feeling pity you might give

him some food. A Wise man would

do likewise but he will not do it out of pity. He would say, “I am hungry and

let me give myself some food!” This is the way he sees God and himself in all!

Strange is it not? But all this comes from tight mental discipline.’ 68.

Arjuna now says, ‘ Krishna, You talk of regulating the Mind and all that and

make it sound so simple. But are You not aware that the Mind is so difficult to

control? It wanders so easily. How on earth is one to tame this wild beast? The

Mind is as difficult to control as the wind, and here You are telling me,

“Arjuna, it is all very simple, and stuff like that!” 69. Krishna gently

replies, ‘Arjuna, I understand what you are saying but don’t you realise that

you are quitting before even giving it a try? That is a sign of great weakness.

True the Mind is fickle and all that but

people HAVE tamed the Mind before. If they can do it why not you?’ 70. ‘People

do all sorts of things, go through all sorts of difficulties and troubles in

order to achieve power, acquire wealth and so on. Man is ready to climb the

highest mountains, go to the bottom of the ocean etc., etc., but when it comes

to God and experiencing Inner Reality, suddenly things become impossible!’

71. ‘No Arjuna, it is not impossible. The fact is that people do not want such

things. There is not enough yearning for God. If the hunger is there, the

impossible would immediately become possible.’ 72. Arjuna takes in all this

and stroking his chin slowly says, ‘OK, You

have a point there. Let me now ask You something else. Let us say there is a

person who has tried very hard to do all the things You are now recommending

but has not quite made it during his lifetime. Does that mean all his life ends

up as a big waste?’ 73. Krishna replies, ‘No, not really. Spiritual evolution

is a slow process involving successive stages of refinement. If the Jivatma

does not get purified enough in one birth, it gets another chance to improve

further. Thus the person you are talking about would be born again and Destiny

would place him in a situation where he can start from where he left off

earlier.’ 74. ‘In this manner, going through many life cycles, he slowly

advances. Eventually he becomes sufficiently refined to achieve the

status of a Yogi. Every birth is a fresh chance; but it can also be squandered,

if one is not careful. In a manner of speaking, it is all like the familiar

game of snakes and ladders!’ 75. ‘Yogis come in different types. The type of

Yogi I like best is one who worships Me with faith and is always thinking of

Me. If you have total faith, you do not have to worry about achieving 100%

Purity. When you have earned enough deservedness, I shall, out of Compassion,

extend My hand and pull you to Me! Of this you can be sure.’ END OF CHAPTER

SIX To be continued…. With Sai love from Sai brothers –

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