Mantra for evolution: Arpan, Tarpan, Samarpan

By Meena Om

Our breath is like a conveyor belt. It carries into the universe our thoughts, words, actions, and intentions. It also draws to us directives, messages and the energy from the Universe for creative living and for fulfiling our purpose of existence.

Whatever we do, has to be like arpan – an offering to the Divine. This way one does not get tied to the karma, that is, get caught in the cause-and-effect cycle of karm, action.

Since everything we do has to be like an offering, can we offer negativity, complaints, criticism, abuses to the Divine? No. Whatever we throw into the Universe via breath comes back to us manifold; this is true for pious thoughts as well as impious ones. Since everything is a prasad for the Divine, we need to be careful that we are offering only the best – righteous actions, thoughts, and speech.

For all the existing burdens of the soul, imperfections of the body, polluted thoughts of the mind, we should do tarpan, oblation. Like we do tarpan for our ancestors, wishing them well for their journey ahead and delinking ourselves from them, as part of the final rituals.

Whenever troubling thoughts arise, past incidents surface in the mind, and realisation dawns that we have acquired some substandard habits, or are nurturing some vices, do their tarpan. Visualise that you are releasing them into the Universe, offering them to the Divine for recycling, and are getting rid of them. There is no better way to cleanse our subconscious minds than tarpan. Continue doing this repeatedly until the bothersome and undesirable thoughts stop surfacing or troubling.

For the situations and people that come in front of us, be in samarpan, in surrender to the Divine’s will. No complaining, no brooding. Know that everything – situation or people – that comes, is meant to cut our past karma; take us forward; help us evolve further, spiritually; indicate the path ahead; illuminate our mann and buddhi, mind and intellect; awaken us from Sushupti – slumbering state; and show us what karm to give up, which one to continue performing. Every action should be done to the best of one’s abilities and capacities.

Supreme Intelligence knows everything and is omnipresent. It arranges everything according to our karmas. Truth is present in each and every molecule. The one who does the sadhana of Truth, is truthful in his words, thoughts, and deeds. Satyeshwar – Truth as Supreme Entity – uses that person’s ability to absorb the highest jnana and makes him amedium to reveal its truth to all. His teachings become the source of courage and energy for all in their future endeavours and illuminate their paths ahead.

We slot all happenings in our life as good or bad and then suffer. By living each one of them to the fullest, going through them with our whole being, deriving the jnana, learning the lessons from them, we never stagnate and are always gatimaan – on the move.

But chewing like cud the incidents that have happened, is only a waste of time. Our progress gets stalled. So, ‘arpan, tarpan and samarpan’ is the mantra to move on, grow, and evolve.

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