This week on Pilgrim Coronary heart, Krishna Das speaks about purifying the center by way of connecting to Maharaj-ji and recognizing your consciousness.
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Being Near Maharaj-ji
Maharaj-ji opened individuals’s hearts and continues to take action now. His unconditional essence of affection was virtually non-human. Krishna Das explains that this love transcends Maharaj-ji’s bodily dying and he really feels nearer to him now that he has handed. That is from a mix of Krishna Das’ religious maturation, his karmas, and his remembrance of Maharaj-ji.
“Maharaj-ji is just like the solar, and I’m only a fruit hanging on the tree. I ripen at my very own fee in response to the way in which the solar shines on me and my very own karmas. It’s as much as him to maintain my coronary heart open and it’s as much as me to maintain remembering him.” – Krishna Das
Staying Conscious (19:40)
Krishna Das responds to a viewer’s query on the concern of dropping consciousness whereas asleep. Krishna Das says that there isn’t a method to lose your consciousness. After we sleep we aren’t technically conscious of the skin world. Nonetheless, after we get up, the skin world nonetheless exists. This simply signifies that your ego was not conscious of the deeper presence, the deeper consciousness that all the time exists. You’re all the time right here whether or not you’re awake or asleep. Solely the physique is sleeping.
“You cant lose your consciousness. Not now, not ever. Consciousness is definitely who you’re.” – Krishna Das
Tune into this Open, Spacious, Consciousness Meditation for a follow in consciousness with Jack Kornfield.
Purification of the Coronary heart (24:28)
Krishna Das explains that it is probably not essential to meditate. Maharaj-ji by no means explicitly stated anybody should meditate. It’s not doable to get right into a purified state when you find yourself utilizing your ego to will your self to do one thing. For instance, for those who have been meditating solely as a result of somebody stated you needed to as a way to attain enlightenment, you’d be doing so out of ego and never from the center. Maharaj-ji says that by chanting and repeating the names of Gods/Goddesses, we’re capable of entry that pure flowy house of the center. We come into deeper states of consciousness naturally as the center is purified. Keep tuned as we shut out this episode with extra chanting.
For extra on purification, take a look at Ep. 120 of Perception Hour with Joseph Goldstein.
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