“In other words, just as acceptance is the very gift a relationship offers, is not freedom the very soul of a relationship?”
When two people draw close, they invariably try to build boundaries and limits for one another. What is the true nature of these boundaries? Have we ever considered it?
What is the true nature of these boundaries?
Have we ever considered it?
Through boundaries we refuse the other person permission to shape us as they will, and our heart fills with anger — does this not happen?
Chapter 6 of 35 — 3 parts, 5 min in total.
The Mahabharat's relationships are almost all asymmetric: a teacher who cannot be refused, a brother owed obedience, a king owed loyalty even when wrong, a wife staked in a game. Much of the tragedy comes from people honouring the form of a relationship after its substance has failed.
Krishna's own relationships model something different. He is a friend to Arjuna, a cousin to the Pandavas, a charioteer who will not fight — and he is unusually explicit about what he will and will not do. The boundaries are stated, not assumed.