Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 26-1. Swami Krishnananda.

======================================================================= ======================================================================= Friday, September 16 2022. 06:00. Chapter 26: Being Spiritually Alone to Oneself-1. ======================================================================== The yoga of Self-realisation adopts the method of self-restraint, and the restraint of the self leads to the realisation of the Self. This would mean that an uncontrolled self is not a realised Self. The realisation of the Self is the Self becoming aware of itself. When the Self knows itself, we call it Self-realisation. If restraint of the self is necessary for the Self to become aware of itself, it will follow from this instruction that a self that is not restrained is not aware of itself. This unrestrained self, which is not established in itself and therefore not aware of itself, also is aware of something. The unrestrained self is also aware of something, but it is not aware of it...