Brahma Sutras : ( 10/04/2013. )

=================================================================================== Saturday 26, Octberber 2024, 05:30.  Chapter - 8: Upasana – Upanishadic Meditations-7. Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================== People who adore God in this manner will attain the Kingdom of God but will not become God. In this connection, the Brahma Sutra says they have all the glory of God to enjoy but they do not have the powers of God; they cannot create the world; they cannot sustain the world; they cannot destroy the world. You can live in the palace of the President and enjoy all the goodies there in the President's palace, but you cannot do what the President does. You may be the brother of the President himself living in his palace, but you are not the President. Enjoying the glories of God is different from being God. This is the result of Saguna Bhakti, where according to the Brahma Sutra – jagat vyaparavarjam – all things are

=================================================================================== Friday 13, September 2024, 05:30.  Chapter - 8: Upasana – Upanishadic Meditations-6. ================================================================================== Samipya means nearness to God; you are living just by the side of the Ruler of the country; you will feel some elation – the King's Palace is just here and I am here. Though you have nothing to do with that Palace, you will gain nothing by the nearness, but the mind will say 'I am so near the Palace of the King; He is here only!' Thus, nearness to God also is a stage in liberation. This is samipya, closeness. Still greater freedom is sarupya, assuming the same form of God; you become an ambassador of God. God has given you the powers which He wields. The ambassador has practically all the powers of the kingdom which he represents; he can speak for the whole country of which he is the ambassador. The Vaishnava scriptures say sa

=========== ================================================================================= Sunday 21, Jul 2024. 05:30.  Chapter - 8: Upasana – Upanishadic Meditations-5. =================================================================================== There are essentially two types of meditation – one is Saguna and the other is Nirguna. Meditating on God Almighty as a Supreme Person is Saguna Upasana; 'Father in Heaven', Narayana, Vishnu, Rama, Devi,  – whatever be the name you give to God – this is the name of a personality which is Cosmic in its nature. The Cosmic expansion of the human concept of personality is the concept of God also, usually. If you meditate on this concept of God, you will achieve That. But the Infinite Personality is not sitting just here; there is a distance involved in It. So it takes time for you to reach the Personal God. Even when you consider God as a Person Infinite in nature and most powerful, you still stand outside It in your meditation.