{"id":69877,"date":"2018-12-23T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/181342655561"},"modified":"2018-12-23T10:18:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T09:18:32","slug":"does-love-limit-freedomlove-is-the-limiter-of-freedom-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=69877","title":{"rendered":"Does love limit freedom?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Does love limit freedom?
\nLove is the limiter of freedom \u2013 and its fulfiller too (Based on Gita 18.66)
\nChaitanya Charan Das: We long to be free. And we long for love. Yet love and freedom don\u2019t seem to go together.
\nWhy? Because love apparently restricts freedom. We are finite beings with finite resources such as time, energy and emotions. When we love someone, we have to focus on developing a connection with them. And this focus decreases the resources available for us to connect with others. Moreover, to connect with anyone, we need to do the things that please them and avoid doing the things that displease them. Thus, love limits our freedom to connect with multiple people and to do whatever we like.
\nSignificantly however, the limitation arising from love is not depriving \u2013 it is fulfilling. Why? Because that limitation helps us connect deeper with our beloved, thereby establishing a meaningful and enriching relationship.
\nUltimately, why do we want freedom? Not just to do anything we like, but primarily to do that which is most fulfilling. And nothing is as fulfilling as love.
\nWhile any loving relationship can provide us some fulfillment, we can find the supreme fulfillment in a loving relationship with the Supreme Being: the all-attractive personal absolute, Krishna. Here\u2019s why?
\nGita wisdom explains that we are immortal souls. Krishna is the whole, and we all are his parts. When we connect with him, we connect with everyone through him. Moreover, because he is unlimited, connecting with him is unlimitedly fulfilling.
\nIn this scriptural light, let\u2019s revisit the Bhagavad-gita\u2019s concluding call (18.66) to become devote to Krishna, giving up everything that impedes such devotion. This call seems to limit our freedom. But it limits to liberate \u2013 it comprises a well-defined channel to offer our love to Krishna, thereby providing us entry into the universe of unlimited, unending love.
\nThe freedom to relish that eternal love is life\u2019s supreme fulfillment.
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\nVerse 18.66 – \u201cAbandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.\u201d
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\nThink it over:
\nHow does love limit freedom?
\nHow is the limitation of love fulfilling, not depriving?
\nHow is love for Krishna supremely fulfilling?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Does love limit freedom?
\nLove is the limiter of freedom – and its fulfiller too (Based on Gita 18.66)
\nChaitanya Charan Das: We long to be free. And we long for love. Yet love and freedom don’t seem to go together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-69877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69879,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69877\/revisions\/69879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}