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Look at your own reflection in the mirror : that face, those eyes, that skin, that shape - that is what the world sees and what you identify as you. That is how you see and locate yourself, that is how others identify you, and that is how you move through your day-to-day life. But what if none of it is you? In the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna says this, it is not just a suggestion or friendly spiritual metaphor, it is a bold challenge to all that you think of as yourself. You are not your body, and you are not even your mind. You are the unchanging witness behind it all. And once you get this, all of its manifestations - fear, death, and your ego - begin to unravel.

The Body: A Beautiful Disguise

the body - a beautiful disguise

In Chapter 2 of the Gita, when Arjuna becomes bogged down by grief and refuses to fight, Krishna delivers a line that stops time- "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and worn-out bodies." (Gita 2.22) To Krishna, the body is an outfit — essential for the journey, but not the traveler. Just think about that: Your injuries are not you. Your sex is not permanent, Your youth, your wrinkles and your scars — none of it is you. This is not denial. It is freedom.

Because when you cease to overly identify with the temporary, you touch the eternal witness that lays behind it.

So Then — Who Are You Really

so then- Who are you really

You are Atman pure, indestructible consciousness. You were never born. You will never die. You were never harmed. You will never break. The Gita says: “The soul is neither born, nor does it ever die ... it does not perish when the body is destroyed.” (Gita 2.20) This is not to suggest that we deny the body — we just don’t want to mistake the vehicle for the driver. When you see this clearly you move through life with more grace and less fear, and a natural release of grasping what we all must lose. You can stop being afraid of change, because you see. change happens to the body — not you

What This Means in a Modern World Obsessed With Identity

what this means in a modern world obsessed with identity

We live in a time where people spend fortunes trying to “find themselves” — in jobs, in labels, in aesthetics, in lifestyle. But the Gita flips the question. It’s not “Who are you becoming? It’s “Who is watching all of this unfold?” Krishna isn’t asking you to deny your personality or life story. He’s inviting you to detach from the illusion that it defines your worth. You can still live, create, feel, express — but you don’t have to suffer every shift as if it’s the end of you.

• You are not your trauma.
• You are not your success.
• You are not your body image.
• You are not your follower count.
• You are not your pain, nor your pleasure.
• You are the consciousness that experiences it all — and remains

The Ultimate Freedom: To Witness Without ClingingOnce you realize you are not this body, you no longer need to prove yourself through it. You can love without controlling.

Act without attachment, Age without panic and Lose without collapse. This doesn’t make you cold, it makes you free. It doesn’t kill passion — it purifies it. This is the core of Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna: Don’t get lost in what you’re not. Wake up to what you are.

The Bhagavad Gita doesn't tell you to give up your body — it simply asks you to stop confusing it with your self. The world will always try to define you as a body based on the way you look, what you've accomplished, or what you've lost. But the Gita gives you a deeper truth, You are the witness, You are the light and You are the what remains when all else is gone. The body is the stage. The soul is everything on stage. And the soul? Unperturbed. Unchanged. Unending.

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