by Swamii Hariharananda Giri
anejad ekam manaso javiyo
nainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat tad dhavato'nyan atyeti tisthat tasminn apo matarisva dadhati
nainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat tad dhavato'nyan atyeti tisthat tasminn apo matarisva dadhati
Anejad ekam manaso javiyo means that the Soul in your body is not moving, but the Soul is still more speedy than your mind. The soul is so powerful. You are sitting here, you are thinking of India; within a second's time you can reach there, and you can see everything. So your mind is undoubtedly powerful. If you feel that you are sitting in the high heaven, then in a moment you can reach there and can feel extreme calmness. That mind is a part of God. Although the Soul is very calm, still it is more powerful than the mind.
Nainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat means that your mind, your five sense telephones, even the powerful sun, moon, air, fire cannot reach it. You think you are only a body and a most ordinary man. But you are not that.
When you think anything, when you perceive anything, then you feel as if your mind, five sense telephones and thoughts have brought it. But it is not that. In your Soul, in your brain, you are thinking of that object. It is not your mind, nature, or five sense telephones that brought it to you. It is called from within, and immediately you are transformed with that thought, and automatically seeing means being.
Suppose fear comes in your mind. Your whole body is transformed into fear, and that fear is the new perception of the Self. You are absorbed in that thought. You are also thinking of how to get rid of that fear. Through this, you decide in what way you will remove your fear. It is done by Soul only. Through this you are also getting new inspiration and evolution. If you feel that this inspiration is given by the Soul, then you will get divine evolution. Sorrow and happiness may arise in your mind. They are also the living presence of the Soul, but without the Soul you cannot perceive either sorrow or happiness. The Soul is your only witness. Without the Soul you cannot do anything. If you feel this through your every action, you will get divine evolution and gradually be transformed into the Soul.
Atma is formless, abiding in the human body. The human body and mind are restless, but the human Soul is still. In the Bible it is written that you should be still and feel that you are the power of God. If a man gets good guidance, he can convert his mind into knowledge, consciousness, and super-consciousness. He can feel that his body is limited, but the Soul in his body is all-pervading and very powerful.
Tasminn apo matarisva dadhati means that the Soul remains in the body, because the super-power, Soul, is constantly inhaling and exhaling in every human being. This is the life force of every human being, which is called matarisva. If inhalation and exhalation do not continue in a human being, the person then is a dead body and cannot do anything. Inhalation and exhalation are the life of every human being. By the control of this inhalation a man can remove his restlessness or any work or any thought he is getting. All are coming from God and are given as an oblation in the divine fire. Through his every activity he is getting some material object, and also feeling that he is the living presence of God and that he is merged in the divine fire. In the Upanisads the wife of Yajnavalkya said, "na vare pratyaksa maya pratihi priya bhavasti." The wife of Yajnavalkya is saying, "Not for the satisfaction of my husband do I love him. I love my husband because my living Soul is within me, and I feel the oneness of my Soul with his Soul. I am merged in my husband, and I become transformed with him." The whole Isa Upanisad is giving the same teaching as here given by the wife of Yajnavalkya. We are to perceive the Soul in all matters.
Your every restlessness is serving the soul. So your every restlessness is also worship of the Soul. If you enjoy any material thing, that is your Self-realization, oneness with the Soul. Your every pleasure is the pleasure of the Soul.
You do not see anything in your mind, in your life, without the Soul. You do not know that your birth and death, your dream and thought, your sexual pleasure and movement, whatever you are perceiving and feeling is your Soul only. Without the Soul you cannot perceive and enjoy. It is not your downfall if you feel that whatever you are meeting with, and the whole universe, is the Soul. Once you feel that the Soul is giving various sensations, then you are spiritually evolving.
Without life, without inhalation, the fire cannot remain; the Soul cannot remain. So any work that you are getting is coming through your inhalation and exhalation, that is, your life. If you can control
and balance your inhalation, then you will feel that whatever is coming to your mind is Isa only. It has come for evolution, not for degradation.
The psychologist says that in the human body we generally see flesh, bones, marrow, five sense telephones, etc., along with the life and the Soul. Through this a person can perceive that the whole world is Isa. But ignorant people do not do it. After that they die, and from the dead body we get some water, lime, and coal. From that time they cannot do anything. Every man should remain alert and feel that death is inevitable; realizing that, no one knows when he will die. Knowing this, they should seek Isa in the whole universe. Then every moment, through every activity, they can get God-realization.
AUM
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