"Be without the three Gunas"

'Established in Yoga, O winner of wealth, perform actions….' In thesetwo verses, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, brings out the technique of TranscendentalMeditation for Self-realization.'Lord Krishna commands Arjuna,"Be without the three gunas"—be without activity, be your Self. This is resolute consciousness, the state ofabsolute Being, which is the ultimate cause of all causes. This state of consciousness brings harmony to the whole field of cause and effectand glorifies all life.'Maharishi goes on to describe Arjuna's condition, being faced with theconflicting emotions of love for his kinsmen and also his desire touphold righteousness and root out evil. Maharishi describes Lord Krishna's advice to transcend the field of multiplicity and experienceUnity, the Self, Transcendental Consciousness.Maharishi: 'Arjuna has a deep belief in dharma; his mind is clear about considerations of right and wrong. But the Lord asks him toabandon the whole field of right and wrong for the field of theTranscendent. There, established in a state beyond all duality, beyondthe influence of right and wrong, he will enjoy the absolute wisdom oflife, from which springs all knowledge of the relative world. And theLord says to Arjuna, "The field of that absolute wisdom is not outsideyou. You have not to go out anywhere to acquire it. It is within you.You have only to be within yourself, 'possessed of the Self', everfirm in purity of your Being."'From this experience of one's Self, verse 48 then instructs one to actfrom this Transcendental, Absolute foundation of life, 'Established inYoga, O winner of wealth, perform actions….' Maharishi explains thatthis is the state in which Transcendental Consciousness is stabilized,maintained all the time—enjoyed in activity and also in sleep.Maharishi: 'Yoga, or Union of the mind with the divine intelligence,begins when the mind gains Transcendental Consciousness; Yoga achievesmaturity when this Transcendental bliss-consciousness, or divineBeing, has gained ground in the mind to such an extent that, inwhatever state the mind finds itself, whether waking or sleeping, itremains established in the state of Being. It is to this state ofperfect enlightenment that the Lord refers in the beginning of theverse when He says: "Established in Yoga".'Maharishi continues, describing this state of bliss consciousness,where one perceives and lives Unity in the midst of diversity.Maharishi: 'The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation is thedirect way of rising to the state of Transcendental Being andstablilizing it in the very nature of the mind, so that irrespectiveof the mind's engagements in the conflicts inherent in the diversitiesof life, the structure of Unity in eternal freedom is naturallymaintained and life is not lost to itself.'