Gita Message, by Gajendra on the Eve of Janmashtami,

Preface

Gita is a derivative of Upanishads / Vedant. A compilation by lord krishna at the time Mahabharat (War: Good vs Evils). It's a gospel between Arjun and Krishna at the midst of armies, emergency and war to clearly distnguish right from wrong and the truth from untruth.  Gita's thought process is revolutionary, not evolutionary.  Mahamtma Gandhi found Gita extremely helpful during fight for indian independence. He used it as a Constitution to direct his movement.

  Let's meditate on the principles of Gita to guide us in our personal, family, social, national, global and universal life. 'Unison with Truth' is the goal and efforts for 'pragya-jagrati', 'nishkam karma', 'unconditional love' and meditation are paths to achieve the same. Once, Anna told he believes in living up 'nishkaam karma' or 'disinterested serivce'. Summarily, Gita reveals the science and art of living and dying both encapsulated in one.

Uprooting the incorrect/corrupted thoughts'

If I am asked to sumarize in a sentence how Gita brings in a revolution of thoughts. Or how it enables one to unite with 'truth'? By ceasing the inherent 'corrupted thought process' of a person. Corruption of thoughts is due to insecurities and temptation towards the unreal. Corrupted thoughts, in turn, lead to corrupted speech, action and deeds. Gita achieves this by elevating one's existence beyond the level of insecurities and temptations.  This elevation of consciousness is like propulsion of a three stage rocket.  

Three steps to embrace the truth and elevate the consciousness

1.

• End of identification with body: Our all thoughts are inherently corrupted and untrue till we identify ourselves with different layers of body i.e. physical, mental, intellectual or causal body.  We just can not think correct in the presence this identification, howsoever rational or right we may sound.  Arjun speaks at length all goody and rational things in the first chapter of gita - what is right/wrong, rejects wars, praises peace, forgive kauravas, welfare etc.  He talks so gullible that a common intellect may accept Arjun's version, disproving the rest of gita. 

          But god rejects his ideas glancing a simple sweet smile at him and says:

          "अशोच्यान्वशोचत्वम प्रज्ञावादंश्च भाषसे...." You sound like talking pragya but no pragya or vision is possible without geting rid of body-identity. "I am not body or I am beyond all layers of bodies" is the first step towards truthful vision. "न त्वेवाहम जातुनासम..." This body perishes but we never cease to be. We exist before this body, with this body and after this body.

2.

• Clarity and stability of vision (प्रज्ञा जाग्रति): Knowing that' I am not body' for sure results in end of all insecuritites and tempatations, which in turn results in the 'clarity and stability of vision'. In this vision one sees the truth and gets established  in tue self: Enlightenemnt is the only english word that can be used for this stage. As a sample, I produce two shlokas from:

मात्रा स्पर्शास तु कौन्तेय, शीतोष्ण सुखदु:खदा: | आगमापायिनो अनित्या:, तान्तितिक्षस्वा भारतः ||

(Interaction of body and the manifested causes all dualistic experiences - hot & cold, pleasure & pain, good & bad etc. and continum of degree in between the extremes. All this being transitory bears no reality or truth)

त्रिगुन्या विषया वेदा, निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन: | निर्द्वंदो नित्यासत्वस्थो  निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान || 

(This world of qualities and quantities - a play of three modes of nature -is apparent, transitory, lacks ultimate truth. So Arjun transcend the aforementioned dualistic pairs. Ever situated in truth, never seeking any worldly favours and reside in your true-self devoid of bodies.)

3. 

• From Pragya-Sthiti spring 'pure love' and 'self-less karma': From the himalaya of clear/stable vision start two great rivers to flow, i.e. of 'pure love/devotion' and of 'self less speech and action'. Speech and action of sthit-pragya are not to appease or angry anyone, neither in favour nor against anyone but always directed towards the ocean of truth and truth alone.

 "एषा ब्राह्मी स्थिति पार्थ: , न एनं प्राप्य विमुह्यति...ब्रह्म निर्वाणं ऋच्छति" This is brahmi or nirwana or enlightened state. Once got not even for a fraction of second one deviates from it . 

Pravarti of such an enlightened one is selfless karma-yog, his nivrati is mediation and samaadhi and his anurakti is Bhakti or Devotion. Vision of this enlightened is Gyan-Yog.

Such an enlightened being is the most precious entity or creation of this universe and perhaps the objective/aim of all this endeavor of nature.