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Swaraj (self-rule) is a Vedic term. It has been around thousands of years and predates its use in the Indian independence movement.
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It’s rooted in the understanding that the highest spiritual state is self-rule. Swa means self. Raj means rule. Not rule over others but rule over yourself. ⁠
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Gandhi and the other nonviolent freedom fighters for Indian Independence took this ancient yogic concept and made it the spine of India’s entire freedom movement. And when India got political independence in 1947, many spiritual leaders said that we still hadn’t achieved swaraj. ⁠
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Because swaraj isn’t just about who’s in charge. It’s about whether you are governed from within or controlled from without. That’s a yoga question. It always has been, and its the question we face today.⁠

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