Why We Don’t See God Yet – Train Your Mind to See Shree Krishna | by Swami Mukundananda | BG 6.27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo
Main Points 1. 0:00 – 0:36 → People ask “Where is God?” but His miracle unfolds in every speck of creation; we just need the eyes to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=0 2. 1:18 – 1:35 → Gita 6.27: A yogi whose mind is calm, passions subdued, and free from sin sees everything connected with God and experiences transcendental joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=78 3. 1:40 – 2:41 → Meditation purifies the mind; initially effort is needed to think of God, later the mind naturally flows to Him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=100 4. 2:53 – 3:46 → Just as glasses remind us of their owner, everything in the world should remind us of Krishna—like the Narolac Paints ad: “whenever you see color, think of us.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=173 5. 3:46 – 5:04 → To see God we need the right apparatus—learn to perceive His compassion in creation and His presence in the Guru; divine vision comes later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=226 6. 5:17 – 6:14 → Story of dirty window pane: it wasn’t the neighbors who were unclean, but the wife’s own window; likewise, our mind’s dirt prevents us from seeing God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=317 7. 6:19 – 7:02 → God’s miracles are everywhere—in trees, seasons, and life’s order—but we’ve lost sensitivity to the wondrous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=379 8. 7:06 – 8:58 → Washington Post experiment: violinist Joshua Bell played in a subway, but people ignored him; similarly, God’s glory is manifest, yet we fail to notice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=426 9. 9:26 – 10:04 → When the mind is cleansed, one sees everything as God’s and experiences deep inner joy—a sign of spiritual progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=566 10. 10:16 – 11:20 → Happiness is like a butterfly; chasing it makes it flee, but inner stillness makes it come to us—true joy lies within, by becoming a better person as Krishna teaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKckvZdympo&t=616 Full Text Intro 0:00 We say where is God? 0:03 And the fact is the miracle of God is 0:06 unfolding in every speck of his 0:11 creation. 0:12 We need to have the eyes to see it. Now 0:17 Sri Krishna is saying that those sadhaks 0:22 who clean their window, the window of 0:25 their mind, then they will see 0:28 everything in its connection with God 0:32 and as a consequence they will experience 0:36 great joy. 0:40 Bhagavat Gita Chapter 6 Dhyan Yog the 0:43 Yoga of meditation shloka chanting is 0:47 followed by translation and commentary 0:50 by Swami Mukundanandanda Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 27 1:18 great transcendental happiness 1:22 comes to the yogi whose mind is calm, 1:27 whose passions are subdued, 1:30 who is without sin and who sees 1:34 everything 1:35 in connection with God. Bhagavad Gita 6.27 Commentary by Swami Mukundananda 1:40 So earlier on Sri Krishna said Arjun you 1:43 meditate 1:46 and the consequence of meditation will 1:48 be that your mind will be purified 1:52 and you will be able to see the self by 1:55 realization. 1:59 And he also told us you meditate on me 2:02 do the real yoga. 2:05 Now he's saying the result of such 2:08 meditation will be 2:11 that once your mind becomes 2:16 calm your passions are subdued 2:20 you are without sin. 2:24 So earlier on effort was required to 2:28 take the mind to God 2:31 and now in that stage naturality has 2:35 come. The mind just flows to God 2:41 and the consequence of it is 2:44 that the devotee 2:47 sees everything in connection to God. 2:53 Very interesting. 2:56 Like for example, 2:59 if you go into a room and find your 3:02 spouse's glasses, 3:05 they will remind you of your spouse. You 3:08 have not seen your spouse, but you have 3:10 seen the glasses. Oh, 3:14 likewise, 3:15 everything in this world will remind you 3:18 of God. Sri Krishna says Arjun I am the 3:23 ability in humans. 3:26 If you see ability somewhere 3:29 think of him. You know many years ago 3:32 Narolac paints in India they 3:36 used to run this advertisement whenever 3:38 you see color think of us. 3:41 And it used to work whenever you see 3:43 color you think of Narolac. 3:46 So whenever you see glory anywhere you 3:50 think of God. 3:53 One angry young man he told his guru. He 3:59 said you repeatedly tell me there is a 4:01 god. Where is this god? I have not seen 4:03 any god. You show me god. 4:08 So the guru said there are bacteria on 4:11 your body. 4:13 Have you seen those bacteria? 4:16 No, why not? I need special apparatus to 4:20 see the bacteria. 4:22 So to see bacteria, you need an 4:25 apparatus. You cannot see with these 4:27 eyes. And you are demanding show me God 4:30 otherwise I will say there is no God. 4:33 First of all develop the apparatus. 4:37 Learn to see his compassion 4:41 in this creation 4:44 and learn to see him in your guru who is 4:48 teaching you despite your foul behavior 4:50 and all your temper tantrums. 4:53 So first of all learn to see God in this 4:56 world. 4:58 Then the heart gets further cleansed and 5:01 one day he will give divine darshan as 5:04 well. 5:07 You know that story you have heard from 5:10 me. The problem is you people have heard 5:13 all my stories 5:17 of this lady who used to get up in the 5:19 morning and complain to her husband. My 5:22 dear husband, look at our neighbors how 5:24 terribly 5:26 lazy they are. They don't even clean 5:28 their walls. It is all dirty. And then 5:31 the next day she got up and said, "Look, 5:33 my dear husband, what kind of clothes 5:36 they have on the clothes line. They are 5:38 all dirty." And the day after she said, 5:40 "My dear husband, what a messy car they 5:43 have." But one day she got up and said, 5:47 "Oh, 5:49 our neighbors have finally learned to 5:51 keep everything clean. How did this 5:54 change happen?" 5:57 Husband said, "My dear wife, last night 6:00 before sleeping, I cleaned our window 6:02 pane. 6:04 It was not them that was dirty. It was 6:07 our window pane which was dirty. So 6:10 through that dirty window pane we were 6:12 looking everything was seeming dirty to 6:14 us. Likewise we say where is God?" 6:19 And the fact is the miracle of God is 6:22 unfolding in every speck of his 6:27 creation. 6:28 We need to have the eyes to see it. 6:34 Oh, 6:36 how amazing 6:39 these trees. How do they grow? How do 6:42 they know when they are supposed to shed 6:44 their leaves? How come they change color 6:47 like this? Say, "Wow, this cannot happen 6:51 but by the miracle of God." The problem 6:54 is we people have lost our sensitivity 7:02 to the wondrous, to the miraculous. 7:06 The Washington Post conducted this 7:09 experiment. 7:12 It was a cold winter morning. 7:17 And in a subway in New York, 7:22 as people filed by, 7:25 one man sat down with a violin and 7:28 started playing. 7:32 A thousand people went by in the 40 7:35 minutes that he played his violin. 7:40 After 6 minutes, one stopped and looked, 7:44 what is he playing? But then soon he 7:48 remembered he had something to do and he 7:50 went off. 7:52 One little child's attention was caught 7:54 there and the child started tugging at 7:58 mommy. Mommy said, "Come on, we've got 7:59 work to do." 8:01 In all, six people stopped by for a 8:05 little while. He had a begging bowl 8:09 and in the 40 minutes $28.35 8:13 came into the begging bowl. 8:17 Who was this person playing? It is there 8:20 on YouTube. The experiment by Washington 8:24 Post. He was Joshua Bell, the best 8:28 violinist of the world. 8:31 And the violin on which he was playing 8:34 was worth $3 million. 8:38 And he was playing numbers by Bach 8:41 amongst the most enchanting in western 8:45 music. 8:48 Just two days prior to that, he had a 8:50 performance in Boston where tickets had 8:53 sold anywhere between $100 to $500. 8:58 And here was a free show. The purpose 9:02 was the of the experiment was in an 9:05 ordinary setting 9:07 do people have perception for the 9:10 extraordinary 9:12 and the result was they are insensitive 9:15 to it. 9:17 So the glory of God is manifesting 9:20 everywhere but we don't have the 9:23 apparatus to see it. 9:26 Now Sri Krishna is saying that those 9:29 sadhaks 9:31 who clean their window, 9:34 the window of their mind, then they will 9:38 see everything in its connection with 9:41 God 9:43 and as a consequence they will experience 9:47 great joy. 9:50 Now sadhuks ask that how do we know how 9:53 far we have progressed 9:56 and Sri Krishna has given the answer 9:59 here. Your inner joy starts increasing. 10:04 We are all searching for joy on the 10:07 outside 10:10 and the surprising thing is that it is not 10:13 on the outside. 10:16 One little kitten was running round and 10:20 round and round 10:22 and a condescending cat looked at the 10:25 kitten and said, "Baby, 10:27 what is it you are trying to do?" 10:31 So the kitten said, "I have decided that 10:35 the goal of my life is happiness and 10:38 happiness is in my tail. 10:41 So I am trying to catch my tail but the 10:43 more I run after it, it keeps on receding from me. 10:48 The big cat said I have also decided 10:51 that the goal of my life is happiness 10:55 and it is in my tail. 10:58 But I have realized that if I start 11:00 running after it, it keeps running away 11:02 from me and if I stop it comes and sits 11:06 by my side. 11:09 So happiness is very much like the 11:11 butterfly. 11:13 You run after it, it keeps on running, 11:15 running, running and you stop and try 11:18 and find it within yourself and the 11:20 butterfly comes and sits on you. 11:24 So how many of you have read the seven 11:27 divine laws? 11:30 So the law of happiness, 11:34 true happiness you get when you try and 11:38 become a better person. Sri Krishna is 11:43 saying exactly that. Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) https://1drv.ms/v/c/603d5adbc012af4c/EYz_XeDuADxBmtMOghyoP64BdezoOSYmKwZxhiMMNIAcFA?e=lh9jlv