O O'm Sahanavavutu, Saha'navhavu Nakhshu Sah, Vyriyrava,

Tejasvinawhhh Tama with bishawah,

Oam, Shantay, tamas to mawit bishah bahay oh um shanty shanty shanty all right so we are studying the katu upanishad and we have entered the second chapter

the first section of the second chapter remember the structure of the text two chapters

and then each chapter has three sections we have entered the first section of the first

worldly of the second chapter.

Chapters are called Adhiyya.

Sections are called Wali.

And we read last time, first of all, we read that one great obstacle to spiritual life is

exteriorization.

This constantly flowing outwards.

That mantra was the first mantra of this section.

Paranji Khani Vectarina Tswayambu.

It's as if there is a manufacturing defect in us.

We continuously easily tend to flow outwards into objects.

And it takes a special effort to stop that

and turn inwards. Then the second mantra said that the difference between a spiritual seeker

and a worldly person is the worldly person spends all time and energy and lifetimes chasing objects in the

world. And thus what's the problem with that?

It falls into the widespread net of death. Mitya-rianty vitotasyapāsham. The widespread net of death,

that means lifetime after lifetime, the same repetitive patterns continue.

Whereas the enlightened, the spiritual seeker, the term used always is dhira.

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