LORD SRI KRISHNA

GÎTÂ UPANISHAD

DOUBLE ACTION

“My dear Arjuna! The silent ones stay in recollection of Me and conduct what is to be conducted on a day-to-day basis.” (5, 6)

The Lord speaks of a key here to build the verticals in oneself through constant recollection, to set the horizontals in right angles through right action in the world. Action enables welfare to others. Such is the purpose of action. When action is offered totally for others’ welfare, one’s own welfare is taken care of. One doesn’t have to look for it again. Such is the key of action, which Lord explained repeatedly in the preceding teachings. By doing so one fulfils his role in the world. He ceases to be a dependant. He also stands free through such action of welfare. This is what is called setting up the horizontals in right angle.

While doing so the Lord is suggesting another activity to be carried out in the innermost chamber of oneself. That is recollection of the one truth ‘That I am’. The heartbeat and respiration regularly trumpet this truth ‘That I am’. Through this twin sound SOHAM, while a part of the inner being is in continuous recollection of ‘That I am’, and the other part is engaged in welfare action, the right angles get erected. The right angles enable right balancing of inner and outer activity staying at the meeting point of the two, that is the heart. Staying in heart in times of pleasure and rest he can relate vertically and in times of work he can relate to objectivity. Thus he finds a permanent abode in the heart. Such ones enable manifestation of work from higher circles. In as much as there is influx of higher energies through the vertical line, so much the one is lifted into the Presence and even lifted in awareness up to the truth centre, which is called the centre of Brahman.

The Lord therefore recommends goodwill action in the objectivity and continued recollection in the subjectivity at the same time.

"SEVEN TIMES SEVEN THE WHEEL ROTATES"