30 Dec 2003
LAKSHMANA GITA: I II III IV V VI
Swami:
Consciousness or awareness is life energy
Associated with the sophisticated nervous system
When the life energy is associated with ordinary systems
Inert electricity is called life energy.
The brain is the central part of the nervous system
Life energy flows as pulses in the nerve-wires
This neuro system is a big computer
These pulses are called ‘sphotas’ in Shastras.
In the human brain, several microprocessors are
Working together in the same time and therefore,
Man receives all the characteristics of an object
In the same time, computer differs here.
For a long time, scientists were puzzled on this point
Since in the computer only one microprocessor works
So, the characteristics were received one by one by the computer
Now the problem is understood and robot is created.
It is now proved that the man is a computer
Man is the most sophisticated item of the creation
Gita calls the Jiiva as “Paraaprakruti”
Which means that it is the super most creation.
Kruti means creation and prakruti means super creation
Paraprakruti means the super most creation
Paraprakruti is no doubt the topmost creation item
But it is not creator who is independent.
The ordinary systems in the human body are
Respiratory, digestive, circulation etc.,
The inert electrical energy associated with these systems
Is called life energy since it produces the life.
Life energy is more valuable than electricity
This does not mean that the two energies are different
Electricity is not valued so much because
It is not associated with any valuable system.
Therefore, the system brings the real value
When the same life energy is associated with nervous system
It is called consciousness due to the nervous system
Which is topmost sophisticated instrument created.
The system and energy associated produce work
System and energy are inert and so work is inert
Work is a form of energy and this work energy
Takes various names like life, consciousness etc.,
Works are different because systems are different.
The costs of the instruments are different
But the cost of the electricity that flows in all is the same
The works are different and the work form energies
Have different values under different names.
When the system stops functioning
The work form energy leaves the instrument at once
When comes out is again the same electricity
Electricity in the system is getting the value of the system.
The nervous system never produces life energy
It only uses the life energy whenever it functions
But the other systems use and produce the life energy
And they function all the time without the rest in the body.
The nervous system may take rest without working
All the other systems work and this is deep sleep
When all the systems in the body stop functioning
There is no life energy and so the body is dead.
The human body is a group of several systems
If the nervous system stops functioning there is no danger
Since the nervous system is only user and not the producer of the life energy
Thus, deep sleep differs from the death.
In the deep sleep only, the nervous system stops functioning
All the other ordinary systems are continuously functioning
In death, all the ordinary systems and nervous system also
Stop functioning because the Jiiva left and there is no life energy.
In the womb of the mother the baby is alive
Since the life energy is directly supplied from the mother
When the baby comes out all the ordinary systems start functioning
By taking the milk food and produce the life energy.
In the awakening state, the nervous system is functioning
The electrical pulses flow through the nerve wires
Life energy in the nervous system is consciousness
It is also called as the awareness or ‘Chaitanyam’.
The same life energy moves the limbs of the body
And it is called as mechanical energy
Consciousness, life energy and mechanical energy are
One and the same inert electrical energy in different systems.
When we pass the electricity into a dead body
The body is not alive for two reasons
Jiiva, the micro design system has left the body
By whom only the body restores the original behavior.
Jiiva is the materialistic subtle body in which
All the systems exist as minute designs
This Jiiva is called as the ‘sukshma shariira’
Which leaves this body when all the systems stop.
Even if you send electrical energy into the dead body
This Jiiva does not return back because
The Jiiva is controlled by the order of Ishwara
Jiiva is inert because he is not independent.
This subtle body is always embedded with another
Micro design body of fruits of all actions
Which Jiiva did in all the previous births
Called causal body or ‘kaarana shariira’.
This causal body is the micro draft of
All the judgements of the Lord given to the Jiiva
After personal enquiry in the upper world
Called ‘preta loka’ during ten days after death.
This causal body is a representative of the Lord
It is the guiding force of the subtle body everywhere
These two bodies never separate from each other
The causal body is called as the writing of the Lord on the forehead.
This subtle body is called ‘paraa prakruti’ or Jiiva
It is also called as the ‘chittam’, which stores concepts
It also identifies the external objects, chittam means
Storing for the memory and awareness of the objects.
The grammar says that the word chittam has these two meanings
The first is called smaranam and the second is called samjnanam
This Jiiva is called paraa prakruti by Gita
Which means that Jiiva is the super most creation.
Mind, intelligence and self-awareness are included
In the aparaa prakruti by Gita, aparaa means ordinary
Therefore, Jiiva is prakruti, which means creation
He is inert and controlled, only Ishwara is the controller.
Ishwara is in the centre of all the world items
He is rotating all, Gita says so
That is the reason why the life energy is not produced
Even if you pass electricity into the dead body.
The system and energy associate together
Produce a special work called life energy
The system and energy separated are inert
This is the difference between living beings and non-living beings.
Actually, living means independent
And non-living means the controlled objects
In this sense, Ishwara is only the living being
Even Jiiva is controlled and is a non-living being or inert.
The inert matter is one item
The inert energy, electricity is another item
The inert energy associated with ordinary systems of human body
Is called the precious life energy.
The work produced in the systems by the electricity
Exists in the living-beings, which is not in the non-living beings
Therefore, this work differentiates living and non-living in the world
Such distinction is not present between Jiiva and Ishwara.
Jiiva is inert because the work is inert
Jiiva is controlled and has no independence
Ishwara is the controller of Jiiva and the entire world
Ishwara is living and this distinction is different from the above.
When this life energy leaves the body in the death
It is associated with all qualities of the human body
Such electricity is associated with a microchip
Which actually contains all the qualities of the human body.
This electricity is associated with all the systems present
In the form of micro designs on the minute microchip
Therefore, this electricity is also the life energy
All the qualities will be present as the pulses.
When the Jiiva leaves the body in the death
The electricity together with the microchip leaves the body
This microchip is called the subtle body
Which diffuses like a gas and so called as prana shariira.
Therefore, in the death, the electrified gaseous microchip
Called sukshma shariira leaves the human body, which is very subtle
Veda explains the death process in which the consciousness
Along with life energy and a subtle body of qualities exits.
(Manomayaḥ prāṇa śarīra netā— Veda)
The microchip contains the design of the entire gross body
It is like a seed in which the design of all the trees hidden
The electricity and the microchip are never separated from each other
Therefore, the Jiiva is always eternal.
This subtle body called Jiiva can never be seen
By even the most sophisticated electronic instruments of scientists
Gita says the same thing and Jiiva leaves the body
Without the observation of anybody.
(Vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti – Gita)
The subtle body when goes to the upper world
It takes a macro physical body of the same form
As it existed on this earth, called bhoga shariira
Which means that it is meant for the enjoyment of the results.
When the Jiiva goes to the heaven, no need of any food
God gives him the divine nectar called “Amrutam”
When Jiiva goes to hell he has to suffer with thirst and hunger
Then also there is no need of food and water.
When the Jiiva goes to the middle pitru loka also
No need of food since God gives somarasa as the food
Therefore, whatever you offer in the ceremony is a waste
If you perform the ceremony with that angle.
The ceremony should be performed with a different real angle
It consists of praying Ishwara to protect the departed soul
It also consists of sacrificing the fruit of your work that is money
To a deserving person, called as Karma phala tyaga by Gita.
If one does these two things while he is alive
There is no need of such ceremonies for a liberated soul
It is better you do your work when you are alive
Than assigning the same to your son.
When the person dies the prayer to Ishwara
May be perfectly done or may be done as a formality
The deserving person for the sacrifice may not be available
In such case, the whole ceremony becomes waste.
Therefore, scholars do both these things while they are alive
With full interest and get the real deserving person
Sacrifice to undeserving person is a sin
The punishment in the hell increases by such futile ceremony.
Scholars never bother about such ceremonies after death
They also never bother about the issues present or not
Veda says that there is no use of these issues
You must do the prayer and the sacrifice while you are alive.
(Na prajayā, kiṃ prajayā kariṣyāmaḥ— Veda)
If you have earned the grace of the Lord while you are alive
No need of somebody earned His grace for you
Shankara, Meera, Vivekananda etc., did not have issues
Do you mean that they suffered for food in the upper world?
Uplift yourself here itself by yourself, Gita says
Nobody else can help you in the spiritual field
If you cannot do the sacrifice yourself
Do you think that your son will sacrifice for yourself?
The electricity or the microchip or the gross body or the causal body
Is not Brahman since all these are inert including life and consciousness
The Ishwara in whom alone the Brahman is hidden is only Brahman
The Ishwara is the controller of all the above inert items.
Jiiva is the composite of the three parts
The inert systems like nervous, respiratory etc.,
The inert energy that flows in the systems,
The inert work produced by the association of the above two.
Whether it is a gross body or subtle body
All the above three components exist together
The inert Jiiva can attain some other inert item
If he pleases the Lord, he can get the same Ishwara.
Among the pulses one pulse is ‘I’
If this pulse is connected to the gross body, it is awakening state
If the pulse does not function, it is the state of deep sleep
When the pulse is connected to subtle body, it is dream state.
In the dream state, the nervous system is functioning
All the pulses are flowing through the nervous system
These pulses belong to various ideas stored in the brain
The connection of ‘I’ pulse to the gross body does not exist.
In the dream state, the pulses in the subtle body
Which are connected to the previous births also function
So unexpected dreams appear, which are from the previous births
These pulses were associated with the subtle body from all the previous births.
In this dream state, sometimes the Lord also enters and guides
He takes a body of energy as the pulse, which enters the dream
In deep sleep, nervous system stops and no pulse is active
This part of life energy of nervous system is stored.
When you get up from the deep sleep you feel very happy
It is due to the extra energy that is stored in the body
If your sleep is full of dreams all the energy is spent
Therefore, when you get up the extra energy is not stored.
A pulse, which takes a point in different ways, is called mind
Another pulse, which takes the decision on the point, is intelligence
The pulse ‘I’ is called egoism; the fourth is Jiiva himself
Who stores all the strong pulses and identifies the objects.
All these four are called ‘antahkaranas’, the first three are present
In the category of aparaa prakruti, the fourth one is the Jiiva
He is called as paraa prakruti or chittam as per Gita
Chittam brings back the memory and identifies the objects.
The Jiiva is washed in the hell by strong punishments
Returns back to this world as a cloth with light scars
These scars are the qualities called ‘samskaras’
Which become strong as the child grows to go to hell again.
Science is the same old logic called “Tarka shastra”
The old logic is only theoretical but science is experimental
Old logic fails before science but science fails
Before the Lord who is the rule maker and is above the rules.
The gross body may be destroyed after the death
But the subtle body, which is always associated with the cause-body
It is never destroyed, If destroyed ‘I’ disappears
When all the components separate, they merge with the five elements.
Now, the pot is broken and is mixed with the earth
The water in the pot is mixed with the sea
Where is your mud of the pot and where is your water
The biggest fools desire such salvation.
It is only the destruction of everything, you do not exist
What you got? The ice block is converted into water and mixed in the sea
Can you take out your water and claim it, this is not salvation
The Lord created and maintained you and you destroy yourself.
Salvation means, you should exist here and there
You should be associated with the Lord always
He is not destroying this world to continue His entertainment
Are you greater than the Lord to live this entertainment?
In the state of deep sleep, there is no ‘I’ at all
The whole nervous system is taking rest and all the pulses are inactive
In the awakening state, you have superimposed the ‘I’ on the gross body
In the dream state, you superimposed ‘I’ on the subtle body.
The state of deep sleep is full of darkness and ignorance
In the awakening state also, you can withdraw the ‘I’ from the gross body
You can restrict the ‘I’ to the consciousness only
Now you can feel that you are the consciousness
In this state, the nervous system is functioning
And the electricity is flowing in the nerves without any pulse.
In this state, you have disconnected the ‘I’ pulse from gross body
And connected it to the consciousness
Very good, you have understood that you are the dog
And not the fox, but what have you achieved?
You are not the Lion be sure of it.
The Advaita philosopher superimposes Ishwara on consciousness
And now he thinks that he is the Ishwara
Let him superimpose a hill on the consciousness
And now let him think that he is the hill
If you superimpose Brahman you are Brahman.
Brahman is beyond imagination of anybody
You are aware of the consciousness that is Brahman
In that case you are aware of the Brahman
Therefore, consciousness is not Brahman
The name of the consciousness is Brahman
So, you are called as Brahman, no objection.
Shankara’s aim was completely different
His aim was to change the Buddhists
The Advaita philosophers took the theory of Shankara as real
They are continuously misled.
You may have mental peace and satisfaction
But you become lazy and you sit without effort
If you want to understand Shankara perfectly
Remember that He swallowed the molten lead
Which neither His disciples swallowed nor you can.
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