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Here we’re making
a distinction,
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we’re defining,
connotating,
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we’re increasing the connotation
of what is meant by ‘heart’,
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[Robinson Crusoe | Desert Island of Ego]
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because from
a mundane point of view
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in the 7th chapter
of the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says,
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bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ
khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca
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ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me
bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
[Bg: 7.4]
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He outlines sequentially
what are the eight material elements:
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bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ
[Cc: 2.6.164],
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earth, water, fire, air, ether,
mind, and intelligence,
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and ahaṅkāra—
false ego.
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In the following śloka
He says,
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apareyam itas tv anyāṁ
prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām
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jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho
yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
[Bg: 7.5]
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He says that,
“But the jīva, jīva-śakti …
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(what I’ve just outlined
is prakṛti—mundane energy)
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jīva is a superior
type of śakti,
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which is above
these eight elements.”
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So although we don’t normally
think of it this way, it’s not the first verse
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that would come to our mind
in terms of sahajiyāism.
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Śrīla Guru Mahārāj used it
as a refutation of sahajiyāism.
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Along these lines that their idea
is that by reconditioning
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the element of mind,
the mundane element of mind,
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filling it with images
of Kṛṣṇa,
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making it accustomed
to hearing certain sounds,
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that one will have
some sort of epiphany,
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and their swarūp
will manifest.
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Guru Mahārāj is of the opinion
that all of this must dissolve.
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Because the subtlest aspect
is ahaṅkāra, false ego,
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but then the buddhi,
the mind,
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the body that’s housing
these elements—
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all of these
must be dissolved.
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In what way? Or …
Gurudev gave a famous lecture called
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“Dissolving the pillars of ego.”
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“Demolishing the pillars of ego.”
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How? Not through some
Buddhistic type of dissolution,
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but rather through service,
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through service engagement,
through dedication.
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Biological expression
of the soul’s delusion is the body.
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It’s the outcome of jīva’s
exploiting tendency,
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the desire
to lord over matter.
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Sometimes he would quote
“Robinson Crusoe”.
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Alexander Selkirk, the famous …
The man shipwrecked on the island.
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And he has a line, where he says,
“I am the lord of all I survey.”
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So he’s saying,
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“This mood, this mania
that I’m the master
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and detesting
the very notion of …
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servitude or,
by extension, slavery,
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being subordinate,
being submissive.”
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In modern times any qualities
associated with this notion
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are considered undesirable
and detrimental
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to developing oneself
and one’s self-esteem, etc.
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So the body is a biological expression
of the soul’s delusion,
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that includes mind,
intelligence,
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but the outcome
of exploiting tendency,
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the biological outcome
of exploiting tendency,
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if we become connected
to the service plane,
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if we withdraw
from being exploiting agents
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and become enriched
with a dedicating tendency,
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then the body,
mind, intelligence,
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which were the outcome
of the exploiting tendency,
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start to vanish,
and the spiritual mind, intellect, body
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begin to manifest—the swarūp.