Bhagavad Gita -2.3 Saankya Yogam - Soul eternal

The scriptures tell us that the soul is eternal but how is this useful to us in daily life. What is it for us knowing this truth? Lord Krishna reiterates that we should let go the grief and he talks about how to avoid this so called grief in life. If we want gain inner strength, first we have to know who we are. The grief and sorrow come from the fact that we are always engulfed in “Me & mine”.

The fundamental difference that separates us as human beings from other living beings is the basic understanding about ourselves. Because of this capability to understand ourselves, we can gain the ultimate knowledge. We need to separate ourselves from this body- mind and identify ourselves as the eternal soul. But this is very difficult in real life. Once there is some pain and suffering in either body or mind, the reality kicks in. The self- realized souls are beyond this body- mind business. How can we understand this truth as an ordinary person?

The Lord talks about this in the following verse.

Na Tvevaaham jaatu naasam na tvam neme Janadhipah!

Na chaiva na bhavishyamah sarve vayamatah param!!

You, I and these kings were there all the time. There was no time that we were all not present. Even in the future we exist and we are present at all times. The soul is eternal even after the body ceases to exist.

The Lord says, we were there prior to this life in this body and in a similar way we will exist in another body after this life also.

How can we correlate this truth in our daily life?

We get absorbed in different problems in everyday life. We are there when the problem starts and we exist even after resolution of the issue. Some of the problems throw us off balance. We feel like we are in deep hole and we are helpless. Is this true that we cannot solve this so called problem? We faced so many difficult situations in our lives and we have to question ourselves in these situations. Whatever the problem could be, our reaction is always the similar. We become slaves to our emotions. If we carefully think through we can understand the reality of life.

It is understandable that all living beings are afraid to lose their identity and the do not want to die. But death Is inevitable. No body lives forever in this body.

The Lord in Bhagavad Gita says;

Dehinosmin yadha dehe koumaram yavanam jarrah!

Tadha dehaantara praptih dhirasthatra na muhyati !!

As humans, our body goes through young age, the adulthood and old age and later the life goes into another body. The learned will not be delusional about this fact.

The more we understand this truth; it will be that easy that we can avoid ourselves falling into this whirlpool of life and death cycle. 

OM SRI SAI NATHAYA NAMAH!