A Study of the Bhagavadgita : 9-2. Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================== ================================================================= Monday, January 03, 2022.6:00. PM. Chapter : 9. The Yoga of Meditation.2. ================================================================ That is to say, you are not independent because you always define yourself in terms of something with which you are associated. You feel you are rich, you are poor, you are male, you are female, etc. These definitions that you unwittingly foist upon yourself tell you that you are not independent, and cannot be regarded as free. To the extent you are dependent on feelings, instincts, social contexts and relations, to that extent you are a bound soul. But meditation is the art of the achievement of freedom. Perhaps it expects you to achieve the highest kind of freedom – untrammelled not only by external relations, but by conditions given by space and time. Such kind of absolute freedom is your expectation through spiritual medit...