Day 8 Sutra 1:30: Disease, dullness, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sensuality, false perception, failure to reach firm ground and slipping from the ground gained – these distractions of the mind-stuff are the obstacles. These obstacles often show up in comments that people make such as “I can't meditate/Is yoga really the right path for me” (doubt).…
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Day 7 Meditations to Practise – 21 Days of Sutras to Heal Your Soul
Day 7 Sutra 1:39: Meditate on anything one chooses that is elevating For your mind to be serene you can meditate on “anything” that is uplifting. Focus your attention on a single object and that one-pointed attentiveness will result in a peaceful mind. The object you concentrate on is a means to an end; a path…
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Day 6 Sutra1:12 How to Still the Mind
Day 6 Sutra 1:12 The mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment. Stopping your mind chatter requires effort. There isn't a quick fix, so you must continuously practise for a long time and with the right attitude in order to steady the mind. You must also detach from whatever causes your incessant thinking. The…
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Day 5 Sutra 1:3 Who are you, really?
Day 5 Sutra 1:3 Then the Seer (Self) abides in His own nature. What's in it for you, when the mind is still? Patanjali says that when your mind isn't filled with fluctuating thoughts and desires, then self-realisation is there. Oneness with yourself is there. You are your true self. We tend to identify with…
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