26 Beyond Birth and Death
themselves to higher planets within this material
world.

The self or soul of the individual is a minute
spiritual spark. The perfection of yoga lies in the
transferral of this spiritual spark to the top of the
head. Having attained this, the yogi can transfer him-
self to any planet in the material world according to
his desire. If the yogi is curious to know what the
moon is like, he can transfer himself there, or if he is
interested in higher planets, he can transfer himself
there, just as travellers go to New York, Canada, or
other cities on the earth. Wherever one goes on
earth, he finds the same visa and customs systems
operating, and on all the material planets one can
similarly see the principles of birth, old age, disease
and death operating.

Om ity ekaksaram brahma: at the point of death
the yogi can pronounce om, omkara, the concise
form of transcendental sound vibration. If the yogi
can vibrate this sound and at the same time (mam
anusmaran) remember Krsna or Visnu, he attains the
highest goal. It is the process of yoga to concentrate
the mind on Visnu. The impersonalists imagine some
form of the Supreme Lord, but the personalists do
not imagine this; they actually see. Whether one
imagines Him or actually sees Him, one has to con-
centrate his mind on the personal form of Krsna.

ananya-cetah satatam
yo mam smarati nityasah
tasyaham sulabhah partha
nitya-yuktasya yoginah
