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Chapter 18 · Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

A Background Awareness · Woven Through Everything

चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि सन्न्यस्य मत्परः । बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥

cetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ buddhi-yogam upāśritya mac-cittaḥ satataṁ bhava

Meaning

"Mentally surrendering all actions to Me, regarding Me as the supreme goal, resorting to the yoga of intellect, keep your mind ever fixed on Me."

Explanation

This is an invitation to keep the divine present as a background awareness threaded through everything you do, not something reserved for separate, sacred moments only.

Today's Life Lesson

Try keeping a quiet, background awareness of something greater running through today's ordinary tasks.

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