Remembrance

And as I recall again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, O King, I am struck with great awe, and I rejoice again and again.

O King, as I recall again and again this sacred and wondrous dialogue between Keshava and Arjuna, I am filled with joy again and again.

Uttering Om — the single imperishable syllable that is Brahman — and remembering Me as one departs the body, that person reaches the supreme destination.

And whoever, at the final moment, departs from the body while remembering Me alone — that one attains My state. Of this there is no doubt.

For the yogi who remembers Me always, with an undivided mind, ever steadfast — for such a one, O Partha, I am easily attained.

Therefore, remember Me at all times and also fight. With mind and intellect surrendered to Me, you shall come to Me — without a doubt.

Whatever state of being one remembers when laying down the body at life's end — to that state alone one goes, O son of Kunti, for the mind is ever shaped by what it is filled with.

Those who know Me as the governing principle of the physical and divine realms, and of all sacrifice — even at the hour of death, with steadied minds, they know Me.

"He who meditates on memory as Brahman moves at will as far as memory reaches — he who meditates on memory as Brahman." "Venerable sir, is there anything greater than memory?" "There is indeed something greater than memory." "Then tell me of it, venerable sir."

God whose presence is the source of happiness has been taken as absent. How can God, the Omnipresent, be absent? This absence relates to our minds. When we forget it, it becomes absent from the mind.

To remember God all the time while doing normal work is the real Simran. The very realisation of the existence of God is Simran in true sense.

By Simran it is meant to remember God all the time, to keep the Almighty in mind. It does not mean the repetition of God's name as such.

Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.

May the life-breath return to the immortal wind; may this body end in ashes. Om — O will, remember what was done; O will, remember, remember what was done.

If the human mind is not attached or integrated with the source, the Almighty-Nirankar, mere repetition of the divine name is just like the bulb that is seen very much there but is not connected with the main supplying the current.

To remember God all the time while doing our normal work is the real devotion. Only the realisation of the existence of the omnipresent, being aware that it is in the know of all our actions, rather oversees them, is the real devotion.

"Memory is greater than space. Therefore even if many people were seated together, if they did not remember they would hear no one, nor think, nor understand. But when they remember, then they hear, then they think, then they understand. By memory one knows one's sons, by memory one's cattle. Meditate on memory."

We have to run the family but with the condition that while doing everything we would always remember this God. There will be peace in the family only if we remember God. If we incorporate God in our family, our home can be filled with joys.

Ghora Angirasa, having taught this to Krishna, the son of Devaki — who thereupon became free of all thirst — said: 'At the final hour one should take refuge in these three thoughts: You are the imperishable, You are the unshaken, You are the very essence of life.' On this there are these two Rig verses:

Gnosis is the life of the heart through God, and the turning away of one's inmost thoughts from all that is not God. The worth of everyone is in proportion to gnosis, and he who is without gnosis is worth nothing.