Weakness of heart, weak emotions. Come on, wake up, drop this

🌷 Katho Upanishad 🌷

         

       Chapter 3

      

       The grace of the divine

      🌻 Day 28 🌻

At the end of 700 shlokas, Lord Krishna says,

सर्व धर्मान् परित्यज् 

Leave all Dharma to take refuge in Me. Have confidence in Me, and leave it. Arjuna was so righteous, he said, “Krishna, why are you telling me to fight this war. Do you have any sense?” Such was his tone. “What are you telling? I don’t agree with what you say. What you are saying is against dharma.” Krishna smiled and said, “You talk like a great knowledgeable pundit, but you are so foolish. You are crying. You are on an emotional roller coaster.”

त्यक्तवा ह्रदया दौर्बल्यम्

ह्रदया दौर्बल्यम् – weakness of heart, weak emotions. Come on, wake up, drop this. Then Krishna told him the Gita. Finally, he said, “Drop the dharma and take refuge in Me!”

Rights and wrongs keep our mind in the gross, in the name and form. To go beyond name and form, cause and effect, to the eternal, immutable Self, greater than the

greatest – though it exists everywhere, you are unable to see it because you are gross!

There is a simple principle- Be hollow and empty! We do this little process in advance course. Sometimes we take it for granted; we do it once or twice. Then we take it for granted. They are so valuable! Have you all have done likes and dislikes meditation? And how do you get over them? Gently. Our programs are made with such skill, I tell you. I don’t know how to make it more skilful. 

Lord of Death himself says, “Even after hearing this, many people do not know.” What to do?

अणोरणीयान्महतो महीया –

नात्मऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम् ।

तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोको

धातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः ॥

शोक् means sorrow. वीतशोक् – one who has gone beyond sorrow. Sorrow comes in life in one form or the other. Lord Buddha said life is misery. Then he said that there is a way to get over misery, it is possible to get rid of misery. If life itself is misery, you can’t change the nature. But he said there is a way to get rid of misery, it is possible. There is a cause of misery. Without a cause one can’t be miserable and there is a way to get rid of misery. What is the cause of misery? Sound and light, name and form! The way to get rid of that misery is 'Aum'. What Buddha said was meditation.

To see the light, effulgent Being inside, you cross the sorrow. If you are caught up in sorrow your mind is gross. A gross mind can’t perceive the subtlety of the Being, the subtlety of love. Why are unhappy people not loving? It is possible for love to shine through unhappiness. Unhappiness and sorrow is a thick cloud, a thick covering on the Self, which is love. Sorrow is of your own making.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Katho Upanishad