The Esoteric Significance of the Kathopanishad : 4.8 - Swami Krishnananda.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020. 08:48. PM. Chapter 4: Overcoming the Limitations of Space and Time -8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The comparison of this body to the chariot is interesting. It is significant with the necessity for control of oneself. Yoga is self-control. On the one hand, yoga is a movement towards the Supreme Being and, simultaneously, it is self-control because self-control is the same as movement in the right direction. Withdrawal is the same as forging oneself forward. To go within is the same as going without. These are intriguing statements. The more we go deep into ourselves, the more we are plumbing into the depths of the universe. The less do the senses operate in respect of external contact with the objects, the more do they attune themselves with the reality that is inside. 2. A question may arise: What is the point about self-control? Why should we control the senses? On the one side, yo