Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 21-4. Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================= ======================================================================= Saturday, May 28, 2022. 20:00 Chapter 21.The Two Ways of Yoga -4. ====================================================================== Consciousness is independent of externality. Bahi means ‘outward'. The mind is nothing but outwardness of consciousness. We cannot know the actual connection of the mind with the Atman. The Yoga Vasishtha goes into details of this issue of the structure of the mind in its relation to consciousness which is all pervading, sometimes making out that the mind is nothing but restricted consciousness, restricted in the sense of pointedness in a particular spot in space and time. It gets converted, reflected, distorted, becomes topsy-turvy in its operation when it is pulled out of itself. In a way, we may say, to be more specific, the mind is not something independently working outside co...