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Transcendental Meditation is the direct way of rising to the state of Unity Consciousness, so that irrespective of the mind's engagements in the conflicts inherent in the diversities of life, the structure of Unity in eternal freedom is naturally maintained and life is not lost to itself.
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Seeing Successfully for Health and Happiness In a recent talk, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi repeated the instruction of his teacher, His Divinity Swami Brahmanand Saraswati, Jagatguru Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Himalayas, to see the supreme reality of Unity Consciousness: ‘Pashya, pashya, pashaya—see, see, see.’ This instruction leads the aspirant of truth to acquire the ultimate value of seeing successfully—to perceive from the level of full enlightenment in the state of Unity Consciousness. On September 22, 2007, Dr Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, commented on these words, when speaking to the Invincible America Assembly. He reflected on the observations of Dr Vernon Katz and Raja Harris Kaplan, regarding references for ‘pashya’ in the Bhagavad-Gita. Dr Morris began by mentioning that 'pashya' is the first utterance of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita, as pointed out by Maharishi in his commentary to the Bhagavad-Gita. In this verse, at the beginning of a great war between kinsmen, Lord Krishna speaks to Arjuna, the mightiest archer of his time. Standing in his chariot, with a view of both armies, Lord Krishna says, ‘Partha (a name for Arjuna), behold these Kurus gathered together’. With the word ‘behold’, ‘pashya’, Lord Krishna instructs Arjuna to see the great diversity of his many kinsmen together on the battlefield. Dr Morris pointed out that from this beginning instruction, through the sequential progression of Lord Krishna’s great discourse in the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna leads Arjuna to fully enlightened vision in Unity Consciousness. Dr Morris highlighted a few later verses in the Bhagavad-Gita, which demonstrate the unfoldment of Arjuna’s ability to see the supreme truth of existence, through transcending all diversity. Dr Morris mentioned Chapter 2, Verse 45, ‘…Be without the three gunas O Arjuna, freed from duality, ever firm in purity, independent of possessions, possessed of the Self,’ and Chapter 2, verse 48, ‘Established in Yoga, O winner of wealth, perform actions….’ In these two verses, Maharishi brings out the technique of Transcendental Meditation for Self-realization. Maharishi: ‘Lord Krishna commands Arjuna,“Be without the three gunas”—be without activity, be your Self. This is resolute consciousness, the state of absolute Being, which is the ultimate cause of all causes. This state of consciousness brings harmony to the whole field of cause and effect and glorifies all life.’ Maharishi goes on to describe Arjuna’s condition, being faced with the conflicting emotions of love for his kinsmen and also his desire to uphold righteousness and root out evil. Maharishi describes Lord Krishna’s advice to transcend the field of multiplicity and experience Unity, the Self, Transcendental Consciousness. Maharishi: ‘Arjuna has a deep belief in dharma; his mind is clear about considerations of right and wrong. But the Lord asks him to abandon the whole field of right and wrong for the field of the Transcendent. There, established in a state beyond all duality, beyond the influence of right and wrong, he will enjoy the absolute wisdom of life, from which springs all knowledge of the relative world. And the Lord says to Arjuna, "The field of that absolute wisdom is not outside you. You have not to go out anywhere to acquire it. It is within you. You have only to be within yourself, 'possessed of the Self', ever firm in purity of your Being."’ From this experience of one’s Self, verse 48 then instructs one to act from this Transcendental, Absolute foundation of life, ‘Established in Yoga, O winner of wealth, perform actions….’ Maharishi explains that this is the state in which Transcendental Consciousness is stabilized, maintained all the time—enjoyed in activity and also in sleep. Maharishi: ‘Yoga, or Union of the mind with the divine intelligence, begins when the mind gains Transcendental Consciousness; Yoga achieves maturity when this Transcendental bliss-consciousness, or divine Being, has gained ground in the mind to such an extent that, in whatever state the mind finds itself, whether waking or sleeping, it remains established in the state of Being. It is to this state of perfect enlightenment that the Lord refers in the beginning of the verse when He says: “Established in Yoga”.’ Maharishi continues, describing this state of bliss consciousness, where one perceives and lives Unity in the midst of diversity. Maharishi: ‘The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation is the direct way of rising to the state of Transcendental Being and stablilizing it in the very nature of the mind, so that irrespective of the mind’s engagements in the conflicts inherent in the diversities of life, the structure of Unity in eternal freedom is naturally maintained and life is not lost to itself.’ Dr Morris ended his remarks by referring to the last verse in the Bhagavad-Gita, where Arjuna, having learned the supreme wisdom from Lord Krishna, announces to the Lord that he has regained memory. Arjuna has regained the memory of supreme knowledge of who he really is, memory of the Self. Arjuna now enjoys the supreme value of ‘pashya’. Established in Unity Consciousness he sees all diversity in terms of Unity. Copyright © 2007 Global Good News(sm) Service
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