A Study of the Bhagavadgita - Chapter 7.6. Swami Krishnananda.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 22, 2021. 7:25.PM. Chapter 7:The Entry of the Absolute into the Relative - 6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So, who is seeing the world? “I am seeing the world” – don’t say that. Prakriti is seeing itself. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni, : A person is working through the ego only, centring himself in the consciousness of himself excessively. Kartāham iti manyate : I am doing. Neither are you doing anything, nor are you perceiving anything. Your consciousness of being an agent in action is due to the ego that is predominant in you, and your feeling that you are perceiving an external world is due to the operation of the gunas of Prakriti, both subjectively and objectively. Therefore, caution is the watchword of a spiritual seeker. It is difficult to live in this w...