It's been a bit since I posted my fave verses... So here again at the beginning....this time I am reading from the Ranchor Prime Version.... 1:42 So the breakdown of the family makes the very foundation's of community fall apart. I see this now, everywhere I travel, family foundation is soooo important. Both blood family and especially soul family. All my love beautiful soul family. #community #sacred #sagha 💙🦁💙

1:20 The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious, and thus, vibrating both in the sky and on the earth, it shattered the hearts of sons of Dhrtarastra.

18:45 Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadership are the qualities of the Katrina's 💙🦁💙

17:8-10 Foods in the mood of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such nourishing foods are sweet, juicy, fattening, and palatable. Foods that are too bitter, too salty, pungent, dry, and hot are liked by people in the modes of passion. Such foods cause pain, distress, and disease. Food cooked more than three hours before being eaten, which is tasteless, stale, putrid, decomposed, and unclean, is food liked by people in the mode of ignorance.

Chapter 16 is heavy: Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness, and ignorance-these qualities belong to those of demonic nature, O son of Prtha. Reading the purport indicates that these are inherited traits. A huge reason why I have become an advocate of conscious birth.

15:12 The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from me. How glorious that all this is Krishna nourishing us.

14:22-25 The Blessed Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment, and delusion when they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; which is seated like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are active; who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a clod, a stone, and a piece of gold, with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all fruitive undertakings-such a main is said to have transcended the modes of nature. WOW! It is really difficult to choose one verse as a favorite, this one pulled on my heart strings, and it was the theme of this mornings Yoga Class. Sending Gratitude!

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13:35 One who sees this difference between the body and the owner of the body and can understand the process of liberation from this bondage, also attains to the supreme goal. I am not sure why, I almost began to cry at this verse. I suppose because it is a promise of release from bondage.

12:15 He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to me. Wowser!! How hard is this Chapter🙏🏻😬🙏🏻

11:41-42 I have in the past addressed You as "O Krsna, "O Yadava," "O my friend," without knowing Your Glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times while relaxing or lying on the same bed or eating together, sometimes alone, and sometimes in front of many friends. Please excuse me for all my offenses. 🦁💙🦁

10:37 I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the slendor. I am victory, I am Adventure, and I am the strength of the strong. Jai!! Ever have one of those serendipitous OH my Krishna moments!! This is MY favorite verse of the entire Gita......My heart 💙🦁💙

9:16 But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing Herb, the transcendental chant, I am the butter and the fire and the offering. Haribol!! I was literally just referencing this during the Wisdom Chat with Vira.

8:4 Physical nature is known to be endlessly mutable. The universe is the cosmic form of the Supreme Lord, and I am the Lord represented as the Supersoul, dwelling in the heart of every embodied being. How cool is it to think that the entire universe is in each of us, you, me, Jax, all of us. This is how to remind myself to see Radha Krishna in everything💙

7:21 I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity. I love this verse it reminds me that Krishna knows the desires of my heart and wants to fulfill those desires.

6:29 "A true yogi observes me in all beings, and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized man sees Me everywhere." I love this, this passage reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Krishna Das. "Bhakti Yoga isn't something you do, It is the act of falling in love, over and over again." If you see the Lord in everything then you see love everywhere!!

5:12 "The steady devoted soul attains unadulterated peace peace because he offers the results of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled." WOW! Life is happening for me! I asked this very question today! And look here is the answer! Hare Krishna!!

Thank you so much for the Yoga Class!! It was glorious and perfect. A welcome reset as I begin to move again through my injury. YEAH!!! It was so cool having all you life size in my space!!😍

4:37 "As the blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activites" ....so beautiful 💙💙💙

3:30 Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all works unto Me, with mind intent on me, and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy, and fight. This chapter is always super sticky for me. It's sooo difficult to become unattached. I strive to have a steady mind and to be free from fruitiness action....Still difficult. The good news is, this verse, brings hope. It's similar to Step 3 of 12 Step recovery programs. Make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God. The verse is an action verse for me, a reminder, to turn my will and my life over to Krishna. There is great victory in surrender. Krishna is saying "yo, brah, I got ya, everything is cool, keep me in mind, in everything, you do, and you will be totally satisfied."○○○