When you develop your power of discrimination and
become fully awake to the indwelling divinity, you
will not suffer sorrow nor be subjected to fear.
But as long as you have attachment to the body and
attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be
with you.
Therefore, Krishna told Arjuna to develop his
discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness.
He told him that once he was free of body
consciousness he would be able to develop integral
vision.
Mankind today has three types of vision.
The first is body oriented vision, which is totally
superficial.
When you have this kind of vision you see only the
external appearance of others, such as the clothes
and the ornaments they wear, their facial features,
their body characteristics, their peculiarities of
speech, etc.
This type of vision is oriented only towards the
phenomenal world.
The second kind of vision is insightful vision.
Instead of focusing on the external characteristics
of others, you focus on their inner feelings,
particularly as it is reflected in their behavior
and expressions.
You gauge the thoughts in another's mind and the
feelings in their hearts by carefully watching what
they say and do. When you have this kind of vision,
you become concerned primarily with the deeper
feelings and motivations of the other person.
The third kind of vision is integral vision.
With this kind of vision, you do not concentrate on
another's external features or even their inner
feelings.
When you have integral vision you see the divine
consciousness that pervades everyone, the inner
unity that prevails everywhere despite body
differences and differences in expression and
emotional makeup. You realize that feelings,
thoughts and behavioral characteristics all
undergo change and transformation.
But, you are not interested in characteristics
that change with time.
With integral vision you are wholly oriented
towards the unchanging, indwelling divinity.
Such a deep inner vision is a sacred vision.
When you have this you are in the hands of God.
More than that, not only are you in the hands of
God, but verily you become God himself.
The truly wise say that one who knows God becomes
God.
As you perceive so you become.
Therefore, when you gain integral vision, you take
on the sacred nature of the divinity itself.
To become a person of the highest wisdom, you must
develop integral vision.
You must steadily abide in the inner unity that is
at the core of all the outer diversity.
It is for this reason that Krishna commanded Arjuna
to steadily turn his vision towards his highest
self, and to maintain that vision at all times,
under all circumstances.
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