Day 9 - Sep 12, Fri

Chapter 9 - Secret of Secrets

Here Krishna is giving the Ultimate secret. Once you know this secret, there is no difference between you and the Divine. Disciples often try to achieve the status of the Master instead of the state. State is different from status. The state is to be achieved, not the status. If you only see the status, you will always get caught in jealousy. The state of the Master is a source of inspiration for you. If you only try to achieve the status, the state will never be achieved. It’s like chasing a shadow; you try to grab it but you can’t. But if you walk the path of the state, it will simply follow you.

The only difference between an Enlightened Master and a man is, the Enlightened Master is awake, while the man is asleep. Whether you believe it or not, accept it or not, want it or not, you are God. You can sleep as long as you choose to.

Because Arjuna is not jealous of Krishna, he proves that he has the maturity for Krishna to share the Ultimate Secret. This knowledge is the secret education, because it gives the direct knowledge of realization that is everlasting. A religion should be characterized by three important qualities: It should describe the goal of life. Secondly, it should give the clear path to achieve the goal. And lastly it should give you the joy to follow the path. The biggest secret is that it should be joyfully performed!

Why should this knowledge be a secret? The Ultimate knowledge is not for the masses. It can be harmful for the person who receives it if he is not spiritually mature. If you tell a criminal that he is God, he will misuse this knowledge to justify his immoral actions, whereas a person who realizes he is God will radiate compassion, innocence and simplicity. Simplicity is the secret of greatness.

Krishna declares that He is God. This is a secret because it cannot be delivered to a person who is not yet mature. God cannot be given as instant coffee. You can’t just have God instantly. A maturation process is necessary. Actually the more you hurry this process, the greater the delay. The very hurrying will postpone the experience. It will not let you relax.

All our scriptures are called Upanishads. The word ‘Upanishad’ means ‘sitting’, because it can only be taught to a person who is sitting and waiting for the Master. In the Indian system, we give great respect to knowledge. In the East, there is no economic commitment required for education. In fact, often, food and accommodation are provided free for students, for those seeking spiritual knowledge. But you must commit psychologically. In the West, the opposite is true. An economic commitment is a prerequisite, but no psychological commitment is invested. This is why education in the East goes to the right person, to someone who is deeply interested, and the quality of the education of that person is assured.

A small story: A man has a wheezing problem. He goes to the doctor and the doctor says, “Sit under the cold water tap for two hours.” The man is shocked and says, “If I do that, I will surely get asthma.” The doctor says, “Yes, that is what I want. I know how to treat only asthma.”

When you have a deep psychological commitment, you will experience. This knowledge is the king of secrets. It is the purest knowledge because it gives you the direct realization: Perception of the Self.

The ultimate goal is Enlightenment. The result is everlasting and joyfully performed. When we have a glimpse of this state, after a while we come down from that state. What can we do to attain the everlasting state that is Enlightenment? Krishna answers this: Open your whole Being. Just understand this Ultimate Secret: niyama yama: adding understanding to your Being, to your Inner Space; then you experience the formless Energy. Even though there are so many forms, there is only one Energy. Here He is talking about Quantum Spirituality.

When you understand that everything is Energy, fear will be taken away from your Being. Energy takes many forms: earth, fire, water, air and akasha (ether). We can see the effects and manifestations of pollution of the first four but we cannot see it for akasha. For example, we see the effects of water in the New Orleans floods. The Akasha is disturbed by our collective negativity. Countries that suffer from depression are an effect of collective negative energy in the akasha. If the akasha is polluted, the whole world is affected. Space is energy. Space is not just emptiness, it is energy.

The whole universe is pure intelligence. It can respond to your thoughts. The moment you understand that you are taken care of by an intelligent universe, you can relax completely. This one understanding, when it penetrates your Being, is enough. You will no longer feel insecure or concerned by any issues. You will experience a deep peace and have the confidence to live fully. You will know that you are a part of this cosmic intelligence and will live blissfully.

Bliss is not just a mood. It is your very Consciousness, your Being. The blissful mood will come and go. If it comes and goes, you are having initial glimpses of bliss. Once you experience the real bliss, it is eternal, everlasting.

Krishna says, “Those who have become me, experience Eternal Consciousness. I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.” No other incarnation has declared this. It is not just an assurance. It is a promise. You will have everything and nothing will be lost.
The Western mind naturally asks, “How can I have all this by meditating?” Quantum physics now clearly proves that matter is energy - that it is your thoughts that create the world in which you live.

A college professor, using plants, conducted a series of experiments. Three rose bushes were placed in three rooms with the same physical environmental conditions. In the first room he used beautiful, positive words: “Don't worry I will take care of you and protect you, you don't need thorns.” In the second room he used neither negative nor positive words with the plant. In the third room he created negative energy with his words: “You are ugly. You are not wanted.” For twenty-one days, these statements were repeated. The first plant grew to twice its size and had no thorns. The second plant just presented normal growth. The third plant actually died. Eleven times this experiment was conducted with the same results. He proved extensively that Existence responds to your thoughts.

Don't think that you can think what you want in your inner life and not see it manifest in the outer life. They are one and the same. The outer is an expression of the inner. We create our whole Existence through our thoughts. We attract like-minded individuals as friends and colleagues. When we become spiritual, we can no longer relate to those who think more materialistically.

You create the universe from the angle of your vision. You project your world and see it through the slide or filter of your mentality. If your thought changes, the whole universe changes. If you feel alone, you will see enemies. If you feel part of the Whole, you will relax. You have the power to create miracles in your life.

Once when I was staying in Haridwar in India, I fell very sick and was unable to even walk. Suddenly this sannyasi came and took care of me for three or four days until I was well. I became acquainted with him. He told me that he was staying at a nearby ashram, and that his name was Shankara. I noticed that he wore a diamond pen on his dress and asked him why he wore it. He said that one of the devotees had given it to him and that as he particularly liked it and he had decided to keep it. After a few days he stopped coming. I decided that I should go and see him. I went to the ashram and asked for Shankara Swamiji. I was told, “Who are you talking about? In our ashram we have only one Shankara. Go to the temple and see.” I entered the temple and saw the deity Shankara with the same diamond pen and the same dress. Tears filled my eyes. So much gratitude flowed. I asked them who put the pen on the deity and was told that one of the devotees, a goldsmith had made it specially for the Lord. It was one of a kind.

The very quality of your Inner Space can create miracles in your life. The power to create miracles is what I call the ‘power of coincidence’. We just have to open and trust that our Consciousness is connected to the universe, that the Divine is continually caring for you.
Just as you create your world in the dream state, you have the power to create your world in the waking state. When you reside in Universal Consciousness, you attract the power of coincidence.

The greatest miracle is not turning water into wine. We have enough vineyards accomplishing this. The greatest miracle is transforming man into Divine. Bliss attracts fortune. There are three basic elements that create fortune or wealth: clarity of thought, creativity and responsibility, the ability to respond spontaneously. All three create and preserve wealth. If you enter into bliss, all these three will happen to you. When you cultivate the blissful state, when you care for your Inner Space in this way, you are a blessing to Existence, and it showers its gratitude on you.

Krishna says, “Whatever you offer me, I will accept.” When we give to the Divine, we express a willing attitude to connect to it. You invite the Divine into your Inner Space. And when this happens, automatically your outer space is taken care of. If you see the world as purely material, you fight it; you feel at odds with it. The moment you realize that you are one with it, that you are part of the Whole, you relax into Enlightenment. This sloka is the lazy man’s guide to enlightenment.

The moment you relax into Eternal Bliss, you are taken care of, naturally. You will experience the Inner and outer space with Bliss - Nithyananda.