Balanced Path
AADI SHRI ARUN: In a language of simile, metaphor, and allegory, the Bhagavad Gita was reviling and presenting a word-painting of the tumultuous inner battles that must be waged by both the material and the spiritual man. The deepest spiritual meanings had hide to protect them from the devastation of the ignorance of the Dark Ages toward which civilization was descending concurrent with the end of Sri Krishna’s incarnation on earth.
Lord’s message in the Bhagavad Gita is the perfect answer for the modern age, and any age: Yoga of dutiful action, of nonattachment, and of meditation for God-realization. To work without the inner peace of God is Hades; and to work with His joy ever bubbling through the soul is to carry a portable paradise within, wherever one goes.
The path advocated by Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita is the moderate, medium, golden path, both for the busy man of the world and for the highest spiritual aspirant. To follow the path advocated by the Bhagavad Gita would be their salvation, for it is a book of universal Self-realization, introducing man to his true Self, the soul—showing him how he has evolved from Spirit, how he may fulfill on earth his righteous duties, and how he may return to God. The Gita’s wisdom is not for dry intellectualists to perform mental gymnastics with its sayings for the entertainment of dogmatists; but rather to show a man or woman living in the world, householder or renouncing, how to live a balanced life that includes the actual contact of God, by following the step-by-step methods of yoga.
The Guru plays a central role in a soul’s journey towards enlightenment. The role is that of a conduit. God is too vast an entity for man to understand and grasp with his limited mind and therefore even though the soul of man is a part of the divine spirit, yet man can never understand the true nature of God. In that situation, how can man ever be free from his physical bondage? It seems a hopeless situation but never fear! God provides a solution to this problem. God knows that we can never reach him by our own capabilities and efforts unless we are guided by someone who knows God. The question is-who can know God but God Himself? That’s right! Therefore God transfers Himself to the physical world in a form that can be seen and understood by people at large. Thus God walks on earth in a physical form and communicates with people and talks about the journey back home. He reminds all of us about God, our true nature and that our true home is not here but with God Himself. In this way he awakens the divine memory that sleeps in all of us. This person-God on earth, does a service that can never be repaid by us.
AADISHRI ARUN:
In His creation God made every things and saw it were good. In the last He made man and He (God) realized it was good. But it is a matter of surprise to hear God say that something is not good in His creation. God knows it is not good for the man to be alone and before the man asks for help, God plans to make a suitable helper who corresponds to the man and yet is unique. The man realizes his need after naming the animals and realizing that there is none who corresponds to him in the image of God who can help him in fulfilling the responsibilities and commands God has given him. God makes the woman from the man’s side so that together they will form one flesh and have an intimate relationship that takes precedence over the parent-child relationship. The man and his wife enjoyed perfect, sinless intimacy with no shame or fear.