Are You Awake?

Krishna says to Arjuna, “Be awake. Be a true yogi. Awaken yourself !” Was Arjuna literally sleeping? No! This awakening that Vasudeva talks about is “waking up of consciousness”. To be awake is to be aware. Awareness about who you are and what is the purpose of your birth.

Awakening is enlightenment that the Buddha attained. What was he awakened from? He was sleeping on the bed of unconquerable desires, unwholesome thoughts and short-lived materialism. A false ego was what he was dwelling in. Awakening made him realise the real essence of his existence and that only happened when he shed desires. Being awake is seeing the true Buddha-nature in self with open eyes.

Krishna tells Arjuna that desires cause suffering. A true yogi is aware of this and overcomes his ‘dukkha’. Thus, one should raise his consciousness to higher realms and get attuned to divine energy so that his suffering can come to an end. To be awake is to see the world from divine eyes.

How does one become awake? Meditation increases the vibration that connects to the Supreme. Slowly and gradually, awareness rises up as the third eye of wisdom opens up. The knowledge of who you are, descends, and illumination happens. The additional aspect is of kundalini awakening that is necessary for enlightenment. Prince Charming (divine energy) comes down and kisses the Sleeping Beauty (kundalini energy), rousing her awake, and with consciousness, moves up the spine and enlightenment is accelerated.

Source: Economic Times, 6/08/18