The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita : 6-3 - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================= Saturday, 27 May, 2023. 07:00. Chapter 6: Self-Restraint and the Nature of the Self-3. ======================================================================== Secondly, there is anxiety attending upon the desire to enjoy or possess the objects of sense. There is restlessness of mind before one comes in contact with the object of one's longing, distress regarding the possibility or otherwise of one's success in obtaining one's objective: "Will I succeed, or will I not succeed?" This is the agony and the anguish that attends upon the desire to come in contact with an object. But once the contact is established and there is a conviction that the object is under one's possession, there is another anxiety – namely, "How long will it be with me? I may be dispossessed of it." Because subconsciously we know that no object can be possessed by us for a long time, much less forever, there...