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Symbolism Of Krishna
The blind mind Drita-rastra created many desires, the kav-ravas. The
knowledge, Pandu, created five qualities (pandavas) that bring peace. There
is a constant struggle between these two groups from their childhood. The
Ego (Dur-yodhan) hates Bhima the second Pandava who represents the vision of
non-duality or "oneness". Ego tries to see only duality or separation
in this whole world. Love sees everything as one and this "Love" is very
strong and can only defeat Ego. This vision of non-duality alone can kill
all the 99 sons (out of 100). One son Yuyutsu joins Pandavas when the war
begins. We will see what Yuyutsu represents in the first chapter.
Arjuna and Krishna
In our inner conflict
when we lose peace, it is the aspect of knowledge in us that is
confused needs clarity. This aspect in us that seeks teaching represents Arjuna. As we already discussed Arjuna represents bondage it seeks freedom
to attain the kingdom of Peace. It seeks Krishna the manifestation of pure
Consciousness. Consciousness is often confused with awareness.
Awareness is the phenomenon of brain while Consciousness is not.
Consciousness is the "being" of every form and formless in this universe.
The reflection of that Consciousness is awareness (see more detailed
explanation in the book "Journey to the Source decoding matrix trilogy) .
We seek for clarity a teacher, a
Guru. What we seek outside is already in us. The external teacher helps us
to seek our internal teacher Krishna, the pure consciousness. The dialogue
between the Krishna and Arjuna is Bhagavad Gita.
Krishna is the cousin and brother
-in-law of Arjuna and interestingly Krishna is the father-in-law of
Dur-yodhan's daughter, that is , Krishna's son married Dur-yodhan's daughter
lakshmana. So krishna is related to both the positive and negative groups of
brothers. This is why Indian God's are represented with three faces. The two
faces on the sides represents the pair of opposites of the same body. This
explains that both positive and negatives qualities resides in us. What
dominates in us determines the final out come.
Before the war both Arjuna and Dur-yodhan seeks
Krishna's help. Krishna gave two choices to them. One would be his army and
other would be he himself without any fighting weapons. Duryodhan
thought what would be the use of a person without any weapons in the war and
so demanded krishna's Army. While Arjuna wished that just the presence of
Krishna alone is enough to win the war. Since krishna vowed that he
will not use weapons to fight the war , he became the charioteer of
Arjuna.
Materialism vs Spiritualism
It is very important to understand the above
symbolism. Krishna's army represents materialistic possessions while krishna
represents Spiritualism, the liberating force in us. Like Dur-yodhan our Ego
thinks that it is materialistic possessions that brings peace in us. But we
have to be wise like Arjuna in choosing Krishna, the guiding force that
would give us freedom and the kingdom of peace in us. This does not mean
that we should not have any materialistic possessions. They are needed only
for our liberation like the fighting army of the Pandavas. |Krishna who
taught Gita and Arjuna who received the teachings both were kings with al
materialistic possessions. The point here is to live life with these
possessions but be detached and only then we will have peace. Do not be
confused with this statement. Through Gita we will understand the above.
The above symbolism for
religious people should mean that we should not ask God for materialistic
needs but for God himself to gain peace in us. Unfortunately religious
people spend their whole life in asking God for this and that without
seeking knowledge to liberate ourselves from this wanting attitude of
limitedness.
Concept of God
We have used here the word "God" which according
to religious people is a person sitting some were in the clouds creating
this universe. But for a spiritual person , the Truth one discovers in the
enquiry path is God (this God of a spiritual person is not a concept, not a
person or an object). We will get back to the concept of God in later
chapters of Gita.
Sakthi Gita
It is very interesting to read this
symbolism of Mahabharata and then reflecting those characters in our mind
and finally using Gita to liberate ourselves. In this
Sakthi-Gita, we will discuss in parallel, events of the war in
brief, the essence of each Gita chapter and how if it reflects our inner
conflicts. End of each chapter we would also do a small mental exercise to
help us free from these inner conflicts and be in peace. We recommend
to do each exercise, one per week. Again we like to repeat that without
practicing Gita in our daily life, we will never get any benefit. Doing this
weekly exercises for 18 weeks is the most simple and easy way to practice
Gita and attain peace.
Why do we need this exercises or practices?
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