Summarized by: Shilpa Sail
Started the class with meditation. This helps us calm our minds and prepares us for the class.
Discussed verses 19 to 24 and more specifically delved deeper into the "Action Inaction" concept.
Continuing further on our discussion about action and inaction. There is another perspective about "Inaction during an action."
How can we attain that state?
We have to keep the BMI fully engaged in our action but try to dissociate the Atma/Brahman.
We need to understand and keep reminding ourselves that the real me is not the BMI, and it is beyond the BMI, and that real me should be just watching.
Without the support of real me, the BMI is not useful. For example, in a car, gas is essential. The steering wheel, the engine, tires, etc., perform the real action. Gas is just an enabler, but all the parts are fully engaged.
That's the state we need to achieve.
For an action to be fully efficient, it requires BMI's complete engagement, but Atma should be in the Sakshi mode.
Meditation and reflection will help us differentiate that Atma is beyond BMI.
During the state of detachment, the human tendency may divert to not giving our 100%. We need to be watchful of this attitude as it will fall into a vicious cycle.
We know that by performing nishkaama karma we can cleanse our minds and exhaust our vasanas, but some deep-rooted vasanas may not be exhausted through karma yoga. Some of those vasanas can get burned through meditation. These vasanas may manifest during meditation; we need to let them go and deplete them.
Key takeaways-
Perform all actions for the common identity as an offering.
Inculcate the Yagna attitude - various actions performed as a sacrifice for the greater good; this helps us eliminate/reduce attachments.
Sarvam Brahma Mayam - Laddle, the item, the fire, offered to, offered by.
Brahman the infinite is limited in expression by each of our equipment.
We watched Gurudev's videos - Chapter 4, verses 20 and 24.
Verse 20 - Explains about attachment and detachment.
Verse 24 - Explains about the One everywhere.
Additionally, we shared some stories -
1) Tale about the King and his minister
There was once a King who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the King everywhere, and his favorite advice was, "Everything happens for good." One day the King went hunting and had a little accident. He shot an arrow at his foot and was injured. He asked the advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, "Everything happens for good." This time the King was agitated and ordered for his advisor to be put in prison. The King asked his advisor, "Now, what do you think?" The advisor again replied, "Everything happens for good." So the advisor remained in prison. The King continued with the hunting trip, this time without the advisor. Some tribe then captured the King. He was taken to the tribals' camp as a sacrifice. The tribe saw the wound on the King's foot and decided to throw him back into the jungle. According to the tribe's tradition, they would not sacrifice anything imperfect. As a result, the King was spared. The King suddenly realized what his advisor said was true. The advisor also escaped death because had he not been in prison, he would have followed the King on the hunting trip, and the tribes would have sacrificed him.
2) In Mahabharat, after the war, the winning army began an argument about who was the best warrior, and it was decided to put the question to Barbarika. As he saw the whole war from the top of the mountain. He answered that he saw Krishna everywhere. He said Krishna alone was responsible for the victory: his advice, his presence, his gameplan.
3) As parents, we need to find a balance between attachment and detachment with our kids. The group shared some of their experiences with the kids. As parents, we should be caring/loving to our kids but not force our desires on the kids. The kids should be allowed to follow their path. We should always be there to guide them/ enable them, not to push our views on them.
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