Gita Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Now Lord is re-emphasising on the concept of His Omnipresence.  He is the basis of all creation.  All the creation  is sustained by Him alone.  He is the Craetor, Sustainer and Destroyer of it all.  There is no other basis of this universe.  Even all the actions, poojas, materials used in the poojas and homas are nothing but He alone manifesting in all these different forms and actions.  It may seem like I am performing a pooja but the entire process of pooja is actually nothing but Lord Himslef manifesting. 

This is a very special knowledge that He is giving us.  But to benefit from this knowledge the seeker must have:
Unshakable faith in Him,
Firm detrmination,
Constantly remember Him alone
See Him alone in all creation

He is everything and every happening.  Lord is going to elaborate on this concept further in chapter 10 and 11. But suffice to say here that there is nothing material and non material that is not Him alone. 

There are people who want to reach Swarga by performing different forms of rituals and no doubt, they do  recieve the fruits of those rituals and go to Swarga, but those fruits are temporary.  The beneficial  effects of those rituals   soon run out and these seekers have to come back to this world again.  But if you worship only Him than you will be united with the Lord and will not have to go through this cycle of birth and death any more.   As a form of bonus Lord says that it is not difficult to worship Him.  One does not have to be a Ved Pandit or an expert in rituals to be able to worship Him.  The items needed to worship Him are easily available. These are:

Flowers,
Fruits,
Leaves
Water

As we know these are available in nature everywhere.  Lord does not say which flower or which fruit.  Any flower or any fruit will suffice as long as devotee offers these with love for the Lord.   Even though He is everywhere and in the heart of everyone, but the He manifests and can be experienced only by those who have intense devotion and love for Him and to those who offer all their actions to Him as a service and devotion to Lord. 

Lord also has a reassuring message for those who have been not been worshipping Him.  He says even the worst kind of sinner can reach me as long as he has made up his mind and he develpos one pointed devotion in the Lord.  Here the point to remember is ONE POINTED DEVOTION TO LORD.  If one can do that no matter he belongs to a low caste or he is a sinner, he will reunite with the Lord and experience that unlimited bliss that comes only from the Lord. 

In summary the key to reuniting with the Lord is:

See Him everywhere and in everything
Singleminded devotion
Singleminded worship of Him alone not the devtas
Singleminded surrender to Him