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THE YOGA SUTRAS (SUTRAS FROM 6 TO 17)

                                    THE CONSCIOUS MIND                   ❤    SUTRA 6  ❤                         DRG-DARSANA-SAKTYOR-EKA ATMATA IVA ASMITA                       THE SEER (THE CONSCIOUS SELF) AND THE WORLD SEEN THROUGH THE SENSES WHEN NOT DISTINGUISHED, GIVES RISE TO THE FEELINGS OF THE WRONG I AM-NESS OR EGO.                  ❤    SUTRA 7  ❤                        SUKHA-ANUSAYI RAGAH                   TO BE ATTRACTED IS TO CLING TO THE PLEASURABLE.                     EVEN WHEN ONE IS OFTEN TIMES AWARE THAT THE PLEASURE IS FLEETING- AND IN THE END IS THE CAUSE FOR SORROW.                       THE NEXT SUTRA LOOKS AT THE OTHER SIDE.                  ❤   SUTRA 8  ❤                        DUHKHA-ANUSAYI DVESAH                          AVERSION IS CLINGING TO SORROW.                     THIS MEANS MOSTLY EXPERIENCING SORROW. THE MIND DEVELOPS THE HABIT OF ENJOYING THE FAMILIEAR PATTERN AND DEVELOPS AVERSION TO NO-SORROW, LIKE THE PIG THAT WALLOWS IN THE MUCK OF ITS STY DIS

THE YOGA SUTRAS

                                                                 THE YOGA GODLESS                                        THE SUTRAS                  SAMADHI-BHAVANA-ARTHAH KLESA TANU-KARANA-ARTHAS-CA                  SAMADHI 2                      THE PURPOSE OF THE PRACTICE IS TO CULTIVATE SAMADHI AND WEAKENING OF AFFLICTIONS.                     AT THIS POINT, IT IS RELEVANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT TILL SUTRA 28, THE PRACTICE POPULARLY CALLED ASHTANGA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF EIGHT LIMBS IS NOT MENTIONED. IT IS ONLY FROM SUTRA 29 THAT THE PRACTICE OF ASHTANGA BEGINS. UNTIL THEN, THE TEACHING CENTRES AROUND UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT CAUSE OF AFFLICTIONS, SO THAT THEY MAY BE DEALT WITH.                        SUTRAS 3                              AVIDYA-ASMITA-RAGA-DVESA-ABHINIVESAH KLESAH                           THIS SUTRA DESCRIBES THE AFFLICTIONS THAT HAMPER THE TRANQUILITY OF MIND NEEDED TO TOUCH THE FREEDOM OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS.                         IGNORANCE, I-AM-NESS (EGO)

THE EARTH WEIGHT IN SOLAR SYSTEM

                                   HAVE YOU KNOW THE                                       DENSITY OF EARTH                                                      ðŸ‘‡                             ACCORDING TO THIS LAW OUR WORLD MUST MEET ITS DOOMSDAY AT THE END OF ITS TERM, AS A PART OF THE CONTINUOUS DIVINE ACTIVITY OF CREATION, RECREATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IT IS A COMFORT THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE IT IN THIS EXTREMELY VAST UNIVERSE. ALLAH HAS CALLED HIMSELF THE LORD OF THE WORLDS, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS WORLDS LIKE OURS IN THE UNIVERSE. ALL THESE HAVE THEIR DOOMSDAYS ON THIER RESPECTIVE TERMS. THERE HAVE BEEN WORLDS WHICH HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, AND THERE ARE MANY WORLDS WHICH ARE PASSING THROUGH IT NOW, AND THERE REMAIN MANY WORLDS WHICH WILL MEET A SIMILAR FATE IN FUTURE.                           THIS IS A REALITY WHICH CONTINUALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF IN NATURE. WHEN IT HAPPENS ON OUR EARTH IT WILL NOT BE AT ALL A UNIQUE OR AN ISOLATED HAPPENING IN THE U

MEDITATION NOTES

                                                                            👀                               HOW TO UNDERSTAND                                   THE MEDITATION                                                     👀                  CONSIDER HOW QUICKLY ALL THINGS ARE DISSOLVED AND RESOLVED. THE BODIES AND SUBSTANCES THEMSELVES, INTO THE MATTER AND SUBSTANCE OF THE WORLD, AND THEIR MEMORIES INTO THE GENERAL AGE AND TIME OF THE WORLD. CONSIDER THE NATURE OF ALL WORDLY SENSIBLE THINGS, OF THOSE ESPECIALLY, WHICH EITHER ENSNARE BY PLEASURE, OR FOR THEIR IRKSOMENESS ARE DREADFUL, OR FOR THEIR OUTWARD LUSTRE AND SHOW ARE IN GREAT ESTEEM AND REQUEST, HOW VILE AND COMTEMPTIBLE, HOW BASE AND CORRUPTIBLE, HOW DESTITUTE OF ALL TRUE LIFE AND BEING THEY ARE.                     IT IS THE PART OF A MAN ENDOWED WITH A GOOD UNDERSTANDING FACULTY, TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE IN VERY DEED, FROM WHOSE BARE CONCEITS AND  VOICES, HONOUR AND CREDIT TO PROCEED. AS ALSO WHAT IT IS TO