We are just passing the halfway mark of the first book of the
Yoga Sutras. What a journey it has been so far! The definition of
yoga is presented – that when the
vrittis, the activities of the mind, are controlled we stand in,
purusha, our true nature – but there are five kinds of thoughts that can trouble the mind and keep us in our thoughts instead. Through practice and detachment, the super consciousness state of
samadhi arises and we stand in our highest Self.
We learned that there are
five prerequisites to
samadhi but that there is also a direct route – via devotion to
Ishvara. By chanting AUM, we not only attain
samadhi but we also realize that nature of
Ishvara, which is the same as spiritual consciousness, which is the same as
purusha.
See that?
Yoga =
Purusha =
Samadhi =
Ishvara =
Purusha =
Yoga
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