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Yoga is the act of restraining or freeing the mind from the clutches of its modulations.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra #2
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There are five types of modulations of the mind:
Wanting proof for everything
Lack of comprehension
Imagination
Sleep
Memory
All through the day, your mind is in one of these modulations. But, if there are those moments when you are not sleeping, not remembering old things, not imagining, or looking for proof, then that moment yoga has happened.
At that moment, what is happening? You are just by yourself in the journey of your own Self, which is the source of joy, the source of love, the source of peace and knowledge.
There are two types of thinking — occidental and oriental. In the oriental way of thinking, it said that there is an ultimate and in the ultimate everything happens. In the occidental way of thinking, you are always looking for an ultimate. In either of the approaches, yoga is what happens when you are in the moment so totally at ease and peace.
So, when does this happen? Whenever you are watching the sunset or when you experience beauty in your life or when you experience lot of energy in the body. This also happens after pranayam (breathing techniques) or during meditation. The mind is then free from all these five modulations. That is why when you do yoga asanas (yoga postures), you put the body, mind, and breath all in one rhythm. That is when real yoga is happening and you are with yourself.
Tado drashtuhu swarupe avasthanam
The seer then rests or remains in his/her own nature.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra #3
Discipline is to unite yourself, to unite all the loose ends of your existence.
Vrutti sarupyamitaratra
You identify yourself with the modulations of the mind all the time.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra #4
What this means is that your mind is engaged in the outside world all the time. With eyes open in the waking state you are caught up in all that you see, smell, hear, touch, taste. If not, you return to sleep or to the state of dreaming where you are completely shut off from the world.
Lack of education and not knowing the mind will be the real cause of Enduring. By comprehending these sutras through reading repeatedly, I believe happiness floods in me along with a lot more awareness and permits me to take care of any essential situation boldly and also successfully. Without a doubt, here is the finest knowledge and I also feel thus fortunate to possess this understanding.
Submitted by gw2 beta (not verified) on 21 June, 2012 - 09:06. |
Lack of knowledge and not knowing the brain is definitely the cause with Struggling. Through knowing these types of sutras through reading through often, I believe happy and also floods within myself a lot more awareness and also allows myself to take care of any kind of critical circumstance strongly and also effectively. Certainly, this is actually the finest understanding and that i really feel therefore privileged to get this particular understanding.
Submitted by Onychomycosis (not verified) on 18 April, 2012 - 01:46. |
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