Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, by Swami Lakshmanjoo Chapter 18.
“God is doing it! Focus your mind on me only!” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
Mat cittaḥ sarva durgāṇi mat prasādāt tariṣyasi (58th śloka). Mat citta, when you focus your mind in Me, in Me the supreme Bhairava, sarva durgāṇi, all durg (durga means those mounts which are very difficult to climb up, very difficult to cross over), all of those difficult processes you’ll tariṣyasi, you will conquer.525
Atha cet, otherwise, if you ahaṁkāraṁ na mokṣyasi, if you still [think] in your mind that, “I am . . . I have to do this, I am doing this by the grace of God.” You should not [think] that, “I am doing this by the grace of Lord.” God is doing it! You should think like that. Ahaṁkāraṁ, if you put I, I-ness in that, vinaṅkṣyasi, you will be destroyed; you’ll be destroyed altogether, nothing will remain of you. And I will be so cruel to you at that time. Vinaṅkṣyasi, you will vanish altogether. You’ll be no more in this world.
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525 “And when you have diverted your mind towards Me always, in each and every action of the world, sarva durgāṇi matprasādā, all your difficulty will be vanished altogether by My grace, not by your action. By My grace, all your difficulties will be over, finished.” Bhagavad Gita audio, 1978 Lakshmanjoo Academy archive
![Kāma (desire) and krodha (wrath) are just one ray of that universal-I. For instance, there is a big ocean, there are tides, there are bubbles, like this; this [kāma and krodha] is one bubble. How will a bubble agitate this ocean? It can’t be agitated. What can a bubble do? So you should remain above that in universal God consciousness. That way there is no fear of kāma and krodha (desire and wrath). ~Swami Lakshmanjoo](https://www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/How-to-overcome-desire-and-anger-Facebook-Post-262x262.jpg)
![If this limited body holder dies, that next [unlimited] one does not die. He carries him into another fresh body and goes on carrying him with new improvements, new increments... Everybody increases... There is no doubt that he is lost. He is never lost! ~Swami Lakshmanjoo](https://www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/neverLost_IG-1-262x262.jpg)
6 Comments
D. B. Kaul
July 24, 2016
Sir, what do the statements,”you will be destroyed altogether…….you will vanish altogether….you will be no more in this world” mean? Do they suggest that there is something in us which can be annihilated to non-existence?
Anuja
April 20, 2017
Ego thinks and links with things that are temporary. Let my focus move to that which is not temporary.
Jai Guru Dev
Douglas
April 6, 2017
It’s not clear but it sounds extreme. Hopefully not literal!
D. B. Kaul
April 21, 2017
Not clear. If, “you” in the statement, “YOU will be destroyed altogether”, refers to the ego self, its destruction is a favour and not a punishment. But if the “you” refers to the soul, how can it ever be destroyed?
Anuja
April 22, 2017
Whether statement ‘You will be destroyed altogether ‘ is a punishment or favour depends on whether ‘You ‘ the individual consciousness is focused on ego or the indestructible.
This is what I am understanding.
Jai Guru Dev
C. L. Razdan
June 13, 2017
Doership is to be forgotten. I am the doer has to be put aside like many things that work on their own say breathing.
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