Kathopanishad - Episode 47 - The Body Lives And Dies By The Will Of Brahman Alone

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The most important measure of our spiritual progress is how much we are able to reduce our identification with and attachment to the body. This can be achieved by regular contemplation on our true nature.

In this episode, Sadguru teaches us to acknowledge that we are not alive because our body is functioning, rather, our body functions because we are alive. The organs exist to facilitate the prāṇa (life force) within us, but the life force is not created by these organs. Essentially, the body is there because the ātman needs a means of expressing itself.

Just as a house does not exist by its own will, but rather by the will of its owner, so too this body exists by the will of the paramātman. Therefore, we should never fear for our body as it isn't born by our will. Nor does it live, grow or die by our will. It exists or doesn't exist according to the will of brahman alone.


Key topics covered in this video
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00:00 - INTRO: Your ‘being’ does not need any ‘doing’
05:20 - STORY: Emperor Janaka’s dilemma of not knowing which is real
09:18 - All three states of consciousness exist within a state of universal consciousness
15:03 - How long you experience this world is not dependent on your body
17:52 - Be more vigilant about where you place your attention
19:58 - How to measure your progress on the spiritual path
23:31 - Life and death happens to you but not as per your knowledge and control.
30:56 - The indweller (paramātman) of the eleven gated city (body) alone decides when to leave.
36:34 - Attain immediate and everlasting peace by thinking deeply about who you truly are.
40:21 - STORY - Everything happens for our own good
43:00 - How to apply the practical wisdom of the upaniṣads


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