A Monthly Satsang of
Swami Amar Jyoti

Realization does not happen by knowing much; it happens by knowing nothing.

There is joy in going straight. There may be fun in going crooked for some time but eventually you are lost. If we do not live righteously we cannot have peace. Dissipation, distraction, restlessness, disloyalty, faithlessness and shifting from one thing to another do not give us peace. Dharma saves us.

Therefore, first decide what you want. Under the power of delusion we are hypnotized to see reality through the colorings and conceptions of our own mind. We peep through the cracks of those conceptions and see very little of reality. The Bhagavad Gita is devoted to this one topic: how to find freedom from self-imposed delusions that blind you to Reality. This self-hypnosis has to be shattered in order to awaken.

Surrender to the Lord is the ultimate method, but even to come to that point of unconditional surrender and egolessness, Arjuna had to hear so much. Delusion, misconceptions, preconceptions, wishful thinking, blinding attachment, greed, vanity, egotism and illegitimate desires are like thick clouds that assume a certain reality that does not exist.

Realization does not happen by knowing much; it happens by knowing nothing. Open your eyes and ears. It is not so much what you read or think that makes you wiser. Whether you read a hundred books or one, take the essence out of it. What does it say? Take the central idea and meditate on that. Meditation is the last word, the secret of Realization. Try to unlearn what you have learned, what you have been believing: I know something. You really don't know much. Once you understand this, the mysteries of creation will reveal to you.

© 2008 by Truth Consciousness. From the audio Satsang,
Divine Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita (R-46). published in Light of Consciousness Vol. 20#3.
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