About this episode
The battlefield setting of the Bhagavad G?t? coming in the midst of a vast epic centred around a war of powerful men fighting amongst themselves sometimes puts people off.However, disregarding the G?t?'s extraordinarily pragmatic teachings because we object to the setting is a tragic case of throwing baby out with bathwater.Besides, have you not sometimes fought against yourself? Experienced yourself behaving in ways that are inimical to your higher good? Really, the G?t? is set in the thick of life, the battlefield is that of our own psyche. To 'fight' in the yogic sense, means to muster the courage to face ourselves and wrestle with the great challenges and beautiful opportunities that are intrinsic to human experience.In a world that can seem like it is spinning out of control, the time-proven teachings of yoga can give us so much practical support. However, as James emphasises in this episode, just to engage with them is an act of courage. It means SLOWING DOWN: so we can look in ways that reach beyond our habitual modes of conditioned perception, so we can listen with more of the whole of our being and access the vaster intelligence of life that we are part of. And James invites us to SLOW DOWN and join him in regular in-depth study of the G?t?'s practical wisdom in the spring 2026 online G?t? satsang course:Read more about it here: https://jamesboagyoga.com/bg26/Sign up here: https://jamesboagyoga.thinkific.com/courses/BG26As well as referencing verse 2.9, in this episode James also gives some interpretation of verses 2.14-15 of the G?t?:m?tr?spar??stu kaunteya ??to??asukhadu?khad?? | ?gam?p?yino’nity?? t??stitik?asva bh?rata || 2.14 ||yam hi na vyathayantyete puru?a? puru?ar?abha | samadu?khasukha? dh?ra? so'm?tatv?ya kalpate || 2.15 ||
