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Bhagavad Gita - Adhyay 13 - Nature, Enjoyer and Consciousness (Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga) - Post 14

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In the first chapter of the third segment of the Bhagavad Gita, Introduces us to new terms. One is Ksetra means field and Ksetrajna means knower of the field. Here we can think of the field as a body and the knower of the field as the soul that resides within us. But here when we connect fields as our body, actually it includes much more like our mind, intellect and ego, along with all other components of the material energy that comprise our personality. Apart from this when we talk about the knower of the field, it encompasses all aspects of our personality, expect for the soul. In this chapter, Shri Krishna explains about the soul of the body. He explains that as the farmer sow seeds in the field and harvest crops, in the same way, we human sow seeds of thoughts and actions in the field of our body and reap the consequent destiny . All the results are the thoughts that we have cultivated. therefore, it is said that as we think, that is what we become.  Shri Krishna, defines th...