Gita reflection Ch 2 verses 61 & 62

 9th March 2024

• The Pure Consciousness that is reflected in the Buddhi is known as Reflected Consciousness (चिदाभास). 

• This reflection, passing through the mind and senses, allows contact with the objects of the senses, resulting in sensory experiences. 

• When we allow our senses to continually experience the objects, we become more attached, and develop desires, anger, delusion, and so on.

• Controlling the senses is not as simple as building a dam to control water flow. Temporary self-control offers only temporary relief from the agitation caused by sense experiences.

• Bhagavad Gita recommends mature self-control as a means of redirecting the flow of consciousness through the mind towards contemplation of God, rather than focusing on the objects of the senses.