This — it’s a state. It’s not you.
“Tyaktva… uttishtha”—abandon this… arise.
You hold the power to rise out of it. Do it.
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January 2019
Dhyana Yog (The Yog of Meditation)
6.5:
Uddhared atmanatmanam na atmanam avasadayet
atmaiva hi atmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanah
One must uplift oneself by oneself; the self alone is the friend and the enemy.
Commentary:
No one else can fight the inner war for us. The same self that sinks into despair can also lift itself into steadiness. Within every heart lives both the whisper that weakens and the voice that strengthens. Krishna tells Arjun: choose which one you will listen to. The friend and the foe are not outside the gates. They dwell within…
6.26:
Yato yato nishcharati manas chanchalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad Aatmany eva vasham nayet
Wherever the restless mind wanders, bring it back.
Commentary:
The mind is like a child that runs toward every glittering thought. It remembers old wounds, imagines new fears, revisits past sorrows. Krishna does not scold it or stop it. He only asks Arjun to bring it back. Again. And again. Not with anger, but with patience. In that returning, strength is formed. Each gentle return is a small victory…
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May 2019
Daivasura Sampad Vibhag Yog (Divine and Demonic Qualities)
16.21:
Trividham narakasyedam dvaram nashanam atmanah
kamah krodhas tatha lobhas tasmad etat trayam tyajet
Three gates lead to self-destruction: desire, anger, and greed.
Abandon these three.
Commentary:
Krishna names the fires that burn the heart. Desire that will not rest. Anger that flares when desire is denied. Greed that insists nothing is ever enough. These are gates that open downward. To see them clearly is already to step away from them. So spot them, he tells Arjun, here’s a lamp placed near that cliff’s edge…
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July 2019
