(Sadhguru): So he said swa-dharma
swa means self,
dharma means law
so the law of yourself,
he is talking about the law of the self.
What is the nature of the self,
how does it operate,
what is it that you have to do with it?
As there is law of the physical
there is law of the self.
He is saying ‘you must live by the laws of the self,
not by the physical laws.’
If you live by the physical laws this will happen
today we are friends,
tomorrow
something comes we’ll be fighting.
Yes or no?
Yes?
You are sitting there,
I am sitting here,
we are nice.
If you try to sit here
there’ll be a fight.
Yes or no?
isn’t this happening even in the closest of relationships on the planet,
not just between two nations,
not between communities,
not between societies,
is it not between
happening between husband and wife,
father and child,
mother and child
is it not happening?
Yes or no?
Because this is the physical law
that you sit there, I sit here;
once in a way I come there, will do this. (Gestures)
If we feel like it we will hug
but if I sit on your head
or if I sit…you sit on my head,
it's not going to work.
Yes or no?
Now repeatedly one fly will come and sit here.
Initially
initially it just sat here. (Gestures)
after some time it started biting.
Then chukk. (Gestures)
Yes or no?
You may not get it that’s different (Laughs)
but you want to get it, isn't it?
So this is the nature of the physical.
So Krishna is saying
‘if you go by the physical laws
Arjuna is lamenting ‘how can I kill my brother,
how can I kill my grandfather,
how can I kill my Guru in this battle’
because they are on the other side.
So Krishna is saying
‘see if you go by the physical laws
you have to kill.
They stayed away,
you stayed away no problem.
Now we crossed our paths,
no
no chance of escaping this.
Today or tomorrow you will have to kill.
So the moment has come to kill.
You can't stop it;
this is not your choice or their choice,
this is the way of the physical.
Physical happens with boundaries.
If transgression of boundaries happen… (Gestures)
Yes or no?
For everybody
for everybody in this world you have a boundary.
Yes?
Your enemy means the boundary is there (Gestures)
if he crosses that there’ll be trouble.
Your neighbor means boundary is there,
if he crosses that there’ll be trouble.
Your friend means the boundary is here,
if he crosses that there’ll be trouble.
Your spouse means the boundary is here
but if he crosses that there’ll be trouble.
Your child means the boundary is here
but if he crosses that there’ll be trouble.
Yes or no?
So for everybody there is a boundary.
Isn't it so?
However dear to you they are
isn’t there a boundary?
Is there a boundary or no?
There is a boundary, isn't it?
Only if we maintain the boundary,
see there is low line (Laughs),
if you maintain the boundary
things work in the physical world.
If you cross the boundary
any transgression happens with the boundary,
beginning of violence is started, isn't it?
First step towards violence has begun;
initially it’ll happen in words,
then little pushing and then chopping.
Don’t think
‘no, no I won't do it.’
You will also do it.
This is the way of the physical.
So Krishna is saying
‘If you don’t want this,
if you’re struggling with this chopping business,
you follow your swadharma,
the way of the self
where there are no boundaries.’
You can sit here and be anywhere;
you can sit here and be nowhere.
Nobody is a transgression in this.
When you sit here
and there is no …you cannot transgress anybody
and nobody can transgress you;
if you experience this
then I don’t have to tell you fight the war.
But you live by the physical laws
and you try to avoid the fight
it is not going to help.
Anyway you have to fight.
So how to follow this?
You have to turn inward.
If you live by the way of the physical
collision is just one step away.
Isn't it so?
Yes or no?
Colliding with something is just a step away always.
You got to dodge it,
all the time dodging, isn't it?
If you don’t dodge you’ll go like this (Gestures)
with somebody invariably.
So that’s swadharma.