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Bhagavad Gita - The One Who Knows
Identifier
004786
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Of the four types of people listed here only one is not driven by 'need' - wanting something or desire. The 'knower' needs nothing, and comes not asking for anything but wanting to do something for his Higher spirit - to give and not take. Not many around like this but destined to be the 'gods' of the future
A description of the experience
The Bhagavad Gita [translated by W J Johnson]
Four kinds of good men share in me – the oppressed, the man who desires knowledge, the man whose object is prosperity and the one who knows
Of these, the continuously disciplined knower, whose devotion is exclusive, is outstanding, for I am extraordinarily dear to the man who knows and he is dear to me
Indeed these four are all illustrious, but the knower I consider to be myself, ….
It is only after many births that the possessor of knowledge turns to me … so great a spirit is very hard to find