CHAPTER NINE
Destination After Death
sarva-dvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāranām
“The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in  yoga .” (Bg. 8.12)
One translation of the word  yoga  is “plus”—that is, just the opposite of minus. At the present moment, due to our materially contaminated consciousness, we are minus God. When we add God to our lives, when we connect with Him, life is perfected. This process has to be finished at the time of death; therefore as long as we are alive, we have to practice approaching that point of perfection so that at the time of death, when we give up this material body, we can realize the Supreme.
prayāṇa-kāle manasācalena  
 bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena caiva  
 bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak  
 sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣam upaiti divyam
“One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering
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