Satya Kalra, Path to
Anandam, Danville, CA
The Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual guide that
teaches step by step how to transcend from duality to non-duality
Today, we hear a lot about duality and non-duality. What
does this really mean? In order to
answer this, we must understand what is duality and non-duality? How to transcend
from duality to non-duality?
Duality (Dvaita) is
the state of
separation from Oneself (Reality, God). In this state, one experience
miseries and pain, dissatisfaction,
emotional conflicts, anger, fear, and loses one’s capability to cope with daily
challenges. He feels lost.
It is usually referred as the pair of
opposites: honor and disgrace, heat and cold,
pain and pleasure, criticism and praise, birth and death, joy and sorrow, like
and dislike, body and spirit, good and
evil, reality and unreality.
In this path, one thinks that God is separate
from him and tries to attain God-Realization through external means such as
rituals, selfless services without expecting the fruit of actions and lives in
God’s Consciousness, transcends pair of opposites. Thus attains God.
It is all external
Non-duality
(Advaita) is the Unity with the Self/Oneness
with Supreme. It is the state of Ultimate Bliss-Anandam/Nirvana.
In this path, one realizes the Self is Supreme (God).
One feels complete, wholesome and liberated
from miseries and pain. He realizes his
true nature (Self-Realization). For him, there is nothing beyond to experience. The
Ultimate Truth is revealed.
However, due
to the pairs of opposites, one fails to
experience Oneness with the Supreme.
“Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate mind, body and soul to
purity.” Mahatma Gandhi
By focusing on the path of self-purification
and self-transformation through spiritual practices
and
meditation (7-steps, based upon the teachings of Bhagavad Gita), one can transcend from duality and experiences Non-duality, Oneness with God, He is no longer
separated from God–He is God!
It is a spiritual journey within.
Satya Kalra
Founder of Path to Anandam
satya@pathtoanandam.org
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