Feel God's Presence EVERYWHERE- Here's Why It Matters So Much - Bhagavad Gita| Swami Mukundananda
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1 Those who are of purified intellect, who are aware & have decided that the world is not mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=0 2 one husband and wife, somebody took them to the raceourse and they saw all these horses running around they were allured, people were winning and they said so exciting so they had with them $200, they said "Let's try a little." They lost it, let's try this little, let's try this and finally they lost everything except for $2, so they were going home with the $2 and there was a casino, husband said to the wife that you go home let me see if I can play a little with these $2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=9 3 he entered the casino he put the $2 somewhere and it was his lucky one it became $200, he tried again and it became $2,000 and he kept on willing until he had $53,000 so he said "Wow I'm having my winning streak." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=52 4 Now gamblers they all know that once in a while they have a winning streak so he said "Okay let's put it all on number 13 $53,000." And that needle roamed around and came at number 12 so he lost everything he came home wife said "What happened?" He said "I lost the $2." Well that is what you lose in any case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=74 5 we people make a big deal about worldly trials and tribulations but the purified intellect says, it doesn't matter, it's not as important as your mind is making it out to be, so that is the Vishudh-Atma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=110 6 and then he says vijitātmā jitendriyijitātne who has conquered the self or subdued the mind. jitendriyne who has conquered the senses. those karm yogis who have controlled vijitātmā ,conquered their mind and their senses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=127 7 then sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā, “One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled” https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/5/7/ they see the soul of all the souls in everything, the soul of the souls is Bhagavan so they start seeing God everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=139 8 once in a Balmukund class one teacher was teaching the students and asked “where is Bhagavan”, so one student said he is in the Radha Krishna Mandir, one student said that he's in our house puja room, one student said that Shri Krishna Bhagavan is in everybody's heart, one student said He is in our bathroom, so the Balmukund teacher got confused, why did you say that God is in your bathroom, boy said you know the reason is that every morning when my father goes to the bathroom, my mother is already there and he keeps waiting and he says hey Bhagavan when will you get out of here, so I am sure father knows that Bhagavan is inside 8 actually it's a fact that Bhagavan is not only in the toilet but He is everywhere in this world as well and the utam adhikari, a shresht devotee, is one who sees Him everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=157 9 in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Vyas ji writes the shresht devotee is one who sees God everywhere and because they are at such a state, the karm yogis they have purified their intellect they have controlled their minds, they are seeing this world as divine, so even though they do everything they are not bound in their works (karmas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=249 10 for example the gopis were not renunciants, they were living in their homes they had children, they had families and yet their state in bhakti was so elevated that Narad ji says they are Acharyas, he says “greatest devotees are like Gopis”, Narad has written a Bhakti Darshan of 84 sutras and then he says, who are the acharyas of this bhakti, so he doesn't say Prahlad, he doesn't say Ambrish, he doesn't say Prithu, he says “yatha braj Gopika bhav” take a look at the bhakti of the gopis that means even in the state of karm yog, you can achieve the highest state of elevation, if you keep on improving your mind, the decision of your intellect etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=280 11 so the idea here is that you should as a karm yogi try and develop divine consciousness. Material consciousness comes easy, I and my self-interest and that self-interest leads to hatred, love and hate, whoever fulfills it we love that person, whoever harms it we hate that person, all this comes naturally due to the ego, now we need to break it down as a karm yogi by extending our consciousness I am not alone “verse” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=341 12 the Vedas are saying there are two personalities in the heart one is the soul and one is the Supreme Soul, that Supreme Soul is a friend of the soul and the Supreme Soul is looking and watching but this tiny soul has its back to the Supreme Soul, so the Supreme Soul is not interfering and it's like two birds on a tree so this soul is eating the fruit of the tree - likewise we are reaping the karmas of our past actions while in this body so the Vedas say if this first bird turns around to the second bird, if the soul turns around to God all its miseries will cease to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=388 13 what is the idea of turning around ? bringing the awareness of God, He is with me, this is one of the important precepts (principals) in the darshan that Kripalu ji maharaj has presented that expand your consciousness, when you go to the temple you're thinking Bhagavan is there but when you come out, you're thinking Bhagavan is not there, now always learn to live in the consciousness of God at all times, think what I'm doing Bhagavan is watching, so the consequence is we will never do any sin even if your neighbor is not watching, you will never do any sin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=444 14 one person was going out at night to commit a theft at 12, he thinks you know everybody must be asleep, so he's walking on the street should I do the burglary and the neighbor comes arey, what are you doing here oh no no, sorry I was not feeling sleepy that's why I was just taking a walk, now he realized that his neighbor is around & so should not do anything wrong and if you realize that your spiritual father is around then you'll never do any sin so this is the added advantage of trying to practice this consciousness of being in the presence of God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2TTh8VTwk&t=505 Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) Feel God's Presence EVERYWHERE- Here's Why It Matters So Much✨🙏 Swami Mukundananda Bhagavad Gita.mp4
