The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita- 8.2-Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================= Thursday, 20 Jul 2023. 05:30. Chapter 8: In Harmony with the Whole Universe - 2. ========================================================================= The Teacher tells us, at the commencement of the seventh chapter, that the integration of the personality is not the goal of life. It is the goal as far as our empirical life is concerned; it is a great purpose and a great achievement indeed, but it is an achievement for the purpose of another higher achievement, so that there are layers and layers of ascent from the lower to the higher. The various dissipated energies are collected by way of focusing and concentration in the process of the integration of personality. It is true that by this process we become wholesome individuals, perfectly sane, bright with understanding and reason, humane and very healthy in every sense of the term. Yes, but for what purpose is this achievement of humaneness, total humanit