Health and Happiness - Dr Dwarakanath
Krishna the
philosopher says, “Abandoning yourself, take shelter in your-self; renouncing
religions take shelter in religion; giving up many take shelter in one.” We
have to go deep to understand this, if we are left with one we are left with
many, because we cannot think of one without many, therefore to seek shelter in
one we have to give up the one too; we have to give up the numbers all
together. Eventually a new term had to be invented when it was realized that
the word ‘one’ was likely to create confusion. The new term is non- dual, not
two. This is not monism, but a negative term. It is because one is relative to
two, one can be known only in the context of two. Therefore this statement of Krishna
is tremendously profound.
If we can
see through this eternal harmony of life, its supreme, sublime music, its
significance, then alone can we will understand our Krishna. That is why we
call him the ‘complete incarnation of God.’ He is a complete symbolization of
life; he represents life totally. Krishna is like a symbol of sublime unity and
harmony. He understood the subtle alchemy in life, through his realization.
People have always misunderstood the ‘Alchemist’ in all ages. They thought that
the Alchemist is the scientist who tries to make the base metal to Gold. All
the Alchemists were looking for was to find the link between the base metal and
the higher metal, Gold. If there is a flower blooming in the garden we sit, there
must be a link between us and the flower. If we are Happy there the flower
should have contributed to that happiness. We don’t see the link but it is
there. The withering flower has got link with our sadness; we just don’t see
the link. Similarly, the earth should be connected with heaven, life should be
connected with death, matter with consciousness. This sublime link is the alchemy;
the method of finding it is the realization. And who is better example than the
Krishna himself with his sublime unity and harmony.
Many of my
students, friends and acquaintances ask me, if I believe the Gita to be
authentic words of Lord Krishna himself? My answer is as clear as my
consciousness can be. The existence of Ganga is the proof enough that its
source, Gangotri (Mother / origin of Ganga!) has to be somewhere. So if Gita is
there, then there must be Krishna to author to it. Gita like exceptional and
extraordinary creation cannot happen out of imagination. It is experiential
truth in the form of dialog poetry.
In the
upcoming weeks let us analyse the human misunderstanding of Celebration and the
confusion of the humanity with Celebration and Entertainment. Think about it …
please… entertainment is different from Celebration… I will try and explain it
with Krishna’s life…
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