Ch.4 - The Renunciation Of Duality

Comment by Julian Colgan on August 3, 2012 at 5:45am

Comment by Julian Colgan on August 3, 2012 at 3:25pm

The moment of initiation is when you see Krishna within your own heart and do not run away from the Light that is Krishna Prema. Wholly embracing what has always been within you since the moment of Eternal Reciprocation, move forward with what you have discovered and share this internal wealth with others since Love of God is something that millions of persons can only taste at the moment of death. Instead of being at odds with your internal nature, let go of the past speculations of the past and the past relationships with material entities for there is no life except in the Eternal Life of Devotional Mellows in relation to Godhead. Having surpassed the death of the false ego, expand your Consciousness until it re-becomes what it was like at the moment of initiation.

Comment by Julian Colgan on August 3, 2012 at 3:26pm

Lord Hanuman

Comment by Julian Colgan on August 3, 2012 at 8:07pm

As a Cosmic Effect of a Primeval Cause, the soul surpasses the stages of lesser effects such as birth, growth, disease and death. Being above the three gunas of material nature (mind, emotions, body) even while anchored in the physical, the soul discriminates between what is of the world and what is of God through the ability to consciously remember who and what it is in relation to its Ultimate Source. In the case of Vaishnavism, there is a process or method to inducing this state of consciousness while still alive and one of the primary approaches is to render devotional service to one's Ideal on a daily basis. This can take the form of reading scriptures or uplifting material and it can also be done through listening to the essence of one's own thoughts and feelings. As Ramana Maharshi would always say - Who Am I? By continuously redirecting one's attention to one's real identity or soul nature, gradually or immediately one can directly perceive that which is eternal and see how it is non-different from the world we live in now. Everything being an expansion or continuation of God's various energies or potencies/attributes, everything can remind one of oneself or Brahman. In the Bhagavad Gita there is a verse which summarizes all of this: "Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman."

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