December 4: radical acceptance

MORNING READ Just as the naturally pure crystal assumes shapes and colors of objects placed near it, so the yogi's mind, with its totally weakened modifications, becomes clear and balanced and attains the state devoid of differentiation between knower, knowable, and knowledge. This culmination of meditation is samadhi. "The mind of the Yogi with its totally … Continue reading December 4: radical acceptance

Happiness Animal

p.5 A man's as miserable as he thinks he is _ Seneca Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think _ Einstein   p.13 What is more sinister, materialism correlates with serious psychological issues such as depression, narcissism and paranoia, a correlation exposed by researchers Kasser and ryan, … Continue reading Happiness Animal

detachment

  To one of discrimination, everything is painful indeed, due to its consequences: the anxiety and fear over losing what is gained; the resulting impressions left in the mind to create renewed cravings; and the constant conflict among the tree gunas, which control the mind.  Here, Patanjali gives a very important sutra and a great truth in the spiritual … Continue reading detachment