This expanded consciousness allows one to adapt rules and traditions as per context, while still being true to dharma. This goes against the morality of an expanded consciousness described in the Bhagavad Gita (5.18). The more expanded one’s consciousness is, the more moral one is. This is embodied in the idea of a raja-rishi, a king-sage, like Janaka of Mithila, who has expanded consciousness and so is able to uphold a moral code of rules and traditions. In the world of expanded consciousness, one is deeply aware of the web of causality (karma) woven by each action.

Source: Indian Express September 08, 2017 18:46 UTC