Summarized by Prasanna Kumar :
Class started with Pranayama, Meditation
We reviewed some key topics from previous discussions -
Instead of calling it three types of Karma, let us call it as three categories of Karma
Sanchita karma - It is our accumulation of past Karmas associated with the Athma but with previous births
Praarabda karma - It is the karmas that have yielded results or those that have fructified from the current birth and our sanchita karma
Agami karma - Good and bad fruits of the karmas that we have done. These are mostly consequences that we will face in this life (future) or in the next life. These are Sanchita karma's that have not yet fructified.
Our duty is to do Sadhana continuously. This is the only way to achieve the ultimate goal of being one with Brahman. Don’t postpone, the time to start your Sadhana is now.
We discussed the importance of having a living will. There are times when a decision need to be taken about DNR ( do not resuscitate ) so it’s always a good idea to have a living will so that there is no confusion or mental agony for some one else to take that decision for us.
We talked about dualities, and we have to learn to cope up with dualities. E.g Hot or cold. Understand that they are two sides of the same coin. The law of duality means that two exact opposite results derive out of the same thing. The nature teaches us that after every sunrise is a sunset . After day is night. after every spring is autumn and each organism living will one day be dead.
We also talked about extreme examples of dualism, where both may not be desirable , like a Nobel prize winner who is busy all the time and not available to the family vs a person who is out of work and staying at home all the time.
Geriatric is formed from the Greek word “geras” and has the same meaning as Sanskrit word “jara” and means related to old age, medical care for older adults.
Just as the waves, the foam and bubbles are no different from the water or H2O that it emanates from, so does the supreme/Brahman that emanates from the self no different from the self.
