Most spiritual seekers are not monks. They are householders. They live with: • family responsibilities • careers • relationships • desires • duties • ambitions • anxieties So the deepest question is not: “How do I escape life?” But: “How do I live in life… without losing myself?” Indian wisdom traditions never demanded that everyone abandon the world. Instead, they asked something subtler: • Can you live with love, without attachment? • Can you serve, without bondage? • Can you possess, without being possessed? • Can you remain free, even inside life’s roles? This is the householder’s dilemma: The world is unavoidable. Attachment is optional. Bhaja Govindam, Kabir, and Vemana—three voices from different centuries and contexts—offer a unified answer: Freedom is not found in running away… Freedom is found in inner awakening.