THE MISSING LINK

Ashok Kumar  "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." It is simply because the the existence "I' or Source is eternal, timeless and immeasurable.Everything out there is a manifestation of this eternal principle. How can the principle die? The verse does not apply to the individual souls. This is the purport of the verse. Thank you 

Meena Devi Dasi  Krishna is quite explicit. He says individual souls do not die. 

Deepak Srivastava  Very true Mataji. Individual souls are eternal due to their eternal relationship with the eternal 'I' referred to in the verse.

Madhusudan Attaluri  Pranaam Mataji. This becomes the beginning sloka of Gita. Bhagwan is Great. In a single couplet He embedded the entire route map of Karma and Atma science. All that follows is an elaboration of the same. Sometimes I doubt whether the Gita is Bhagawan's words or Srila Vyasa Bhagawan's writing. 

Ananthakrishnan Krishnan  So why to worry and become sad. Do our karmas without any attachment or expectation. All are for Krishna arpanam.

Meena Devi Dasi That's the idea. Easier said than done for most of us. Without actually developing love and appreciation for the Personality of Godhead by hearing about Him from Pure devotional sources and also serving Him. Hearing submissively is devotional service but there are many processes of devotional service, praying, chanting, worshiping, and so on.., simply realizing our eternal nature is incomplete. We must be able to repose our loving propensity in Krishna otherwise we will again become attracted to something other than Krishna Himself, which is His illusory energy. Hearing from pure devotional sources is the missing link.