DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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Swamiji continues speaking on the Katha Upanishad
This Upanishad is the story or the Katha of the Universal Soul.
Man dies first in the physical sense to be born in the spiritual sense. Nachiketa had had his physical death whilst he was still alive because he had his mind and senses under control, he was dead to that extent. Where the yogi is awake the worldly man is asleep; and where the worldly man is asleep the yogi is awake. From that point of view you will see that Nachiketa was awake to his spiritual nature, therefore he was dead to his physical nature.
If in meditation I meet Sri Rama, does it happen in the mental state? No. It happens in the spiritual state.
At first you can take the stories from the Upanishads as traditional history. When children hear these stories they become more faithful and seek God. Later on they become symbolised as the inner conscience. When you are doing wrong there will be a conscience telling you: 'That's not right. Don't do that.'
Nachiketa was that kind of a disciple who, after taking the fruit of Self-realisation, came back to the world with the power of serving. And that is why up to this day he is serving us in the form of this book - the Katha Upanishad.
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