Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita, is the individual's own
higher self. He must keep his inner shrine within the
heart reserved for the Ideal. He should worship there
the Spirit that is birthless and deathless,
indestructible and divine. Life in this world is like
foam on the sea: it passes all too soon; but the
moments given in adoration and obeisance to the Soul
count for eternal gain. The most tremendous historic
happenings on this earth are, after all, only pictures
that pass through consciousness like a dream. Once the
seeker awakens to the Real, he sees them for what they
are. Then he will live in Its serenity, and it will no
longer matter if the pictures themselves are stormy
and agitated. It is the greatest good fortune to
attain such serenity--to be lifted above passion and
hatred, prejudice and fear, greed and discontent, and
yet to be able to attend effectively and capably to
one's worldly duties. It is possible to reach this
state. The seeker may have had glimpses of it already.
Someday, sometime, if he is patient, he will enter it
to stay--and the unimaginably rewarding and perfect
purpose of his life, of all his lifetimes, will be
fulfilled.........Paul Brunton
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