Verses 14.18–14.20

Find Your Root Pattern And Complete

14.18

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसा: | जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसा:

ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ / jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ / / 14.18

Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher world; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the worlds below.

ūrdhvaṁ — upwards

gacchanti — go

sattvasthāḥ — one who is situated in the mode of goodness

madhye — in the middle

tiṣṭhanti — dwell

rājasāḥ — those who are situated in the mode of passion

jaghanya — abominable

guṇa — quality

vṛttisthāḥ — occupation

adhaḥ — down

gacchanti — go

tāmasāḥ — people in the mode of ignorance

14.19

नान्यं गुणेभ्य: कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति | गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति

nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati / guṇebhyaśca paraṁ vetti madbhāvaṁ so’dhigacchati / / 14.19

When we see that there is nothing beyond these modes of nature in all activities and that the supreme Lord is transcendental to all these modes, the seeker can know My spiritual nature.

na — never

anyaṁ — other than

guṇebhyaḥ — from the qualities

kartāraṁ — the performer

yadā — when

draṣṭā’nupaśyati — he who sees properly

guṇebhyaśca — from the modes of nature

paraṁ — transcendental

vetti — know

madbhāvaṁ — My spiritual nature

saḥ — he

adhigacchati — is promoted

14.20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् | जन्ममृत्युजरादु:खैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्रुते

guṇānetānatītya trīn dehī dehasamudbhavān / janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto’mṛtamaśnute / / 14.20

When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.

guṇān — qualities

etān — all these

atītya — transcending

trīn — three

dehī — embod- ied

deha — body

samudbhavān — produced of

janma — birth

mṛtyu — death

jarā — old age

duḥkhaiḥ — distresses

vimuktaḥ — being freed from

amṛtam — nectar

aśnute — enjoys

Kṛṣṇa provides the key to liberation here. Those who go beyond the three guṇas, beyond the activity-producing attributes, beyond the root thought patterns and become complete, free of bondages, enjoy bliss in this world. This is the assurance of the Master. This is a guarantee. These words are a great technique. Step one is when we realize that each of our thoughts, words, and activities arises from one of the three root patterns, guṇas—satva, rajas and tamas. Step two is the understanding about which guṇa, root pattern it is and exactly what that guṇa is doing to us; what disempowering cognition that guṇa is building about our inner image (mamakāra), our outer-image (ahaṁkāra), others’ image (anyakāra), others’ expectation about us, and life’s image (svānyakāra).

Step three is to do the completion and the creation process; do completion with that guṇa or root pattern and do creation of the satva guṇa, the right inner space to create the reality that we want. Finally we transcend satva guṇa and enter into nirguṇa or ‘no guṇa state’. Whatever we are doing, whatever is happening to us, we need to become aware of the attribute, the guṇa, the pattern that is driving us and complete with it. If it is a fantasy, we work out of tamas. If it is fear and greed, we work out of rajas. And if we are complete, unattached and undisturbed by all that is happening in and around us, we act out of satva guṇa.

Here Kṛṣṇa assures, ‘Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planes—ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā (14.18).’ A continuous tireless completion process creates the basis for higher level practices, for higher planes. We have talked about the saṁskāras or root thought patterns that are buried in our unconscious. They drive us through one of these attributes (guṇas). Conscious, logical and analytical procedures cannot easilyidentifythem,letaloneremoveorrepairthem.Thatiswhyso-called catharsis processes that aim to rid us of negative emotions give only temporary relief. The basic negativity remains buried. Only Enlightened Master Dissolves GuṆas Visualizing consciously or unconsciously does not take us out of rajas and tamas. We can be dragged deeper into the fantasyland of tamas.

Those moments are the most dangerous moments you are spiritually vulnerable. Listen. Crying out of powerlessness due to rajas or tamas is not okay. When your immune system is down, any wrong negative spiritual concepts can infect you. Infection by the root pattern can happen in you during those powerless moments. When the infection of neative patterns happens in you, it is almost incurable. Only an Enlightened Master can do the surgery and cure it. That surgery is called Inner Awakening. The only way to move into satva and dissolve saṁskāras is to move into a super-conscious state through powerful meditations Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yogaḥ FindYour Root PatternAnd Complete 1061 processes on root pattern completion.

There is no other way that we can achieve it ourselves. Only the presence of super-conscious energy, the Enlightened Master can dissolve saṁskāras, the root patterns and burn out our vāsanas, the conflicting patterns developed through these root patterns. It is the only way. All other techniques do only one thing; they make money for those who promote them and put those who are seeking help into deeper trouble. So first bring integrity to your thoughts and actions. Identify which guṇa they come from. If it is a fantasy, rooted in tamas, complete and drop the fantasy and move into the present reality. Please listen. Every one of you has a fantasy deep down about you becoming all-powerful, all-knowing, sarvajña, that’s all.

I tell you, living as per the expectations of you, behaving as you expected about you, is the greatest joy you can experience in life. Completion does that to you! I tell you, nothing else can do that to you. This realization and awareness that completion helps you move out of the zone of fantasies and creates your reality as you want, can only come as a result of learning the Science of Completion. Going Beyond The Gunas