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How can we find true happiness? The Bhagavad Gita is an extraordinary scripture that can provide all of the answers you will need to be victorious in life. The Gita is a part of the Mahabharata, an allegorical story describing the spiritual path as a battlefield.

Why a battlefield? Peace isn't something we get simply by not fighting, Swami Kriyananda says. We must win it by conquest. How do you fight and win the battle of life? This is certainly not an easy battle.Kriyananda calls the Gita the deepest scripture in the world because it helps us to understand and confront the realities of life on the field of action that we face every day.

This video series covers many key points of the Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of Krishna, long revered in India. Learn more about this extraordinary scripture and how you can find the happiness and peace you want. They are within reach and yours to win.

Chapter 2, Stanza 39

Swami Kriyananda discusses the relationship between yoga, energy, and breath. He describes karma as an energetic force and states that every time we do something wrong, there is a vortex of energy in the astral spine that has an impact on our life and disposition. Breath and energy, he states, are intimately related.

Kriyananda explains that underlying our breath there is an inner energy that is moving upward or downward. We would best concern ourselves with our general tendencies to move that energy upward (positivity) or downward (negativity). This movement is not dependent on external conditions but on our inner and mental reactions. Is your energy up or down? Is your energy generally positive or negative?

Every experience in life, Kriyananda says, is neutral. It is our reaction to the experience that determines whether or not life will be pleasant or unpleasant for us. We can move beyond the reactive process and balance breath and energy. The ultimate goal for spiritual growth, Kriyananda emphasizes, is equilibrium. The science and practice of yoga can help us find balance and gain control over the breath.

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Swami Kriyananda explains in some detail that the chakras are psychic centers in the spine that have their corresponding aspects in the astral body.

A number of these centers are symbolically represented in the Bhagavad Gita by the legendary brothers - the Pandavas (Yudhishthira - throat chakra, Bhima – heart chakra, Arjuna – navel chakra, Nakula – solar plexus, and Sahadeva – Earth, root chakra).

When life begins, energy enters the body through the medulla oblongata, goes into the brain, and down into the spine. The energy then goes out to the body through different spinal nerve plexuses that have their corresponding aspects in the astral body.

 

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