Query
1: I
do not have a "person" guru so I have been previously searching
for answers in Bhagavad Gita and for the last 15 months or so in your Articles.
I will appreciate your advice on the following:-
You have advised in your Articles to be totally honest,
even not to steal time from your employer. I am not busy
and am writing these in my office hours. I read your Articles
when I am not busy and in my lunch time and I use the internet
in the office which my employer does not mind but my work
does not get behind for this reason. Is it alright to continue
in office hours when I am not busy or should I restrict
obtaining this knowledge to lunch time only?
Query 2: If I only do my karam, perform my
duties without expecting rewards, and eat parsad, aren't
these things binding as it says in Gita actions are always
rewarded even by another life? How do I know I am completing/burning
out my karam? Or doing pious deeds (sat karam) (not owing
to or being owed by anyone) in mind completes the karam
of the current life?
Query 3: You say eternal messages are flowing and trying to contact
Atman soul and that Atman soul is actually talking to God all the time. The inner
voice we hear... It is better to raise contact with enlightened soul through mind".
I have been reading on "Meditation". After offering obeisance to deities (flowers,
arthi) I sit down and concentrate on Radha/Krishna's photo and think of Their
past times, watching my breath. How do I look "inside" and communicate with liberated
soul - You?
Query 4: I follow your advice to absorb thoughts from "Mind Plus".
I concentrate my thoughts on Krishna when walking, sitting, travelling, cooking
etc but how can I concentrate in office when I am working/typing/calculating etc?
I sometimes find I am so absorbed in work that I haven't thought of Radha Krishna
for two hours or so.
I
hope I am on the right path of realising ... this soul is on the way to complete
cosmic journey.
Vijay
Kumar:
You
must always act as your conscience prompts with you to do all the time. The small
inner voice always tries to guide us on our Cosmic journey. As long as you feel
you are justified in your actions never fear anything. God is always there with
you. If you cross your Laxman Rekha you shall come to know of it as it shall reflect
in your duties towards your employer.
Vijay
Kumar:
Karma
not karam? Performing your Karma as did King Janaka or JRD Tata, a Karma Yogi
par excellence. Nothing is owned by you ... all belongs to the Creator himself.
We are all but a trustee. Even your blood relations are not your own ... they
were bonded to you for this and only this life. The bonding results owing to the
balance Karma ... of earlier lives. It is not that easy to burn out the Karma
... to become a living Buddha or Mahavira
in one's lifetime. Yet, we must perform actions in a manner that the purity by
our Atman within gains day by day. When this happens our Atman within progresses
on its journey at a faster pace and in return the body which has been taken by
Atman experiences Heavenly Bliss. We unknowingly feel extremely happy.
Eating
prasad does no good. It is when we care for all as our own that we receive the
grace of God. The definition of Karma is explained in the Glossary on my homepage.
Burning out of Karma is like peeling an onion ... the moment the last layer is
removed ... one realizes God ... all is over with him ... no further life after
death one can but attain Moksha.
God does not interfere with the system created by him ... he is only an onlooker
... a Dhrista! Your feelings all belong to this perishable World. It has no value
in the World of Atmans. God does not decide anything ... we reap the fruits of
our Karma. As we sow ... so shall we reap. You must never remain ignorant on this
important aspect of life. One cannot do away with performing Karma ... come whatever
may. Buddha touched the feet of his wife and child and went into the jungles with
the hope of of attaining Brahma
Jnana... his biggest mistake of life. He had to ultimately burn out
his Karma before he could attain Moksha.
Vijay
Kumar:
The
process you are following is one of Bhakti ... it has got nothing to do with Meditation.
Who are you? Merely a body for your Atman within. What you need to do is think
who needs air too breath ... the body does not need it ... is it not Atman within
which needs oxygen to survive. Lie down in Shavasana pose and simply concentrate
on the breathing process ... the coming in and coming out of the air which is
being breathed in. Slowly you shall gain control of the show ... and ultimately
realize that you are but a Cosmic source of energy encased in a body ... the sole
aim all the time being becoming free from the cycle of manifestations at the earliest.
You don't need to establish contact with me ... I am everywhere ... I have purified
myself ... if need be I shall establish a contact. Vice versa, only Vivekananda
was searching for Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Ramakrishna Paramhansa
knew that one of the likes of Vivekananda would shortly contact him. Such is the
power of Atman which makes one come in contact with another. All the time simply
concentrate elevating yourself to higher Spiritual levels.
Vijay
Kumar:
Wonderful!
Very rarely are people able to concentrate in a manner you are able to do so.
What normally happens is that people with the Spiritual bent of mind all the time
forget to concentrate on their job landing them in trouble. Performing your Karma
is your first duty. Only in your spare time must you concentrate on the ultimate
Creator ... the essence of which is also in you in form of an Atman.
May God bless you proceed on the noble path chosen by you.
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