A Pool Of Energy – In Gita Verse 16.4 Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance – these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Pṛthā.
As we delve into the profound teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna warns us of the attributes that confine us to a demoniac existence: pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance. These traits are not mere reflections of an undesirable nature; they are indications of a profound disconnection from our true essence, a departure from the path of divine consciousness.
Desires weave a complex web in our consciousness, tangling us in its threads that stretch from our unresolved past to an anticipated future. These longings are like fog on a mirror, blurring the reflection of our true selves. When our heart’s vessel is overwhelmed with a torrent of wants, and our mind’s gaze is fixated on what is yet to unfold, our innate ability to fully perceive the splendour of truth becomes veiled. The present moment, the quintessence of reality, becomes eclipsed by the phantoms of desire.
The pursuit for the divine is often envisioned as an extensive search – a quest for a holy grail that lies in the distant realms of spirituality. Yet, the divine, the ultimate truth, unfolds in the simplicity of the present moment. The eternal dance of creation neither begins nor ends; it is always in motion, always now. Embracing every moment with desireless awareness lifts the veil, revealing that the enlightenment we seek has been within us, patiently awaiting our return to presence.
In this quest for truth, desire acts as an intoxicating elixir, more bewitching than any known substance, drawing the mind into a state of delusion. Each time we surrender our awareness to the temptations of desire, we drink deeply from this chalice of illusion, thereby diluting the potency of our consciousness and relinquishing the true strength that springs from an integrated self.
But here lies hope, in the immediate, in the breath of this very moment. The doors to this awakening are not barred; they are as open as the sky, as accessible as the air that fills our lungs. The task is deceptively simple – it calls for a shift in awareness, a returning of the mind’s eye inward, to the fountain of the present. In that moment of clarity, laughter is the only response – a laughter that resonates with the profound realisation of our perennial presence within the divine, of our eternal companionship with the ultimate.
The fragmenting force of desire deprives us of our vitality, but meditation bestows unity and injects a robust energy into our lives. In this state, life transcends mere existence; it becomes a symphony, a dance, an expression of the joy of being fully alive. For it is in the undivided state of being that we discover an overflowing vitality, enabling us to engage in the divine play of existence.
A heart pulsating with aliveness is a heart flooded with gratitude. This gratitude emanates not from obligation but from an effervescent spring of joy within. In this heightened state of being, gratitude naturally shapes itself into prayer, and living becomes an act of divine communion.
Krishna urges us to be ever watchful, to resist the constraints of traits that pave the road to spiritual withering. His directive is unequivocal: embrace the vitality of the now and transcend these limiting qualities, evolving into not merely conduits of unbounded vigour but also incarnations of sacred quintessence, liberated from the snares of pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance. In the haven of the present, we encounter a reservoir of energy that mirrors the wholesomeness and capacity of our true spiritual identity.
Krishna’s teachings become a call to inhabit the present, to plunge into the depths of our endless inner expanse, and to savour life’s rhythm with a heart unified and exultant.
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