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KAIVALYA PADA (SUTRA FROM 23 TO 34)

                            THE MIND AND THE BODY                                                                            ❤❤                                                                                                                                               SUTRA 23 👀                     DRASTR-DRSYA-UPARAKTAM CITTAM SARVA-ARTHAM                    ALL MEANING IS KNOWN TO THE MIND, BECAUSE OF THE SEER AND THE SEEN.                  THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SEEN WORLD HELP TO FIND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SEER AND SEEN. WHEN THE DISTINCTION IS NOT SEEN, THERE IS BONDAGE. WHEN THIS DISTINCTION IS UNDERSTOOD, THE RESULT IS LIBERATION.                    SUTRA 24  👀                            TAD-ASAMKHYEYA-VASAMBHIS-CITRAM API PARA-ARTHAM                            SAMHATYA KARITVAT                   FROM ACTIONS PERFORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING ULTIMATE HAPPINESS WHICH IS ONLY IN THE OTHER, INNUMERABLE HABIT PATTERNS ARE FORMED (THE PURUSHA THOUGH IS MISUNDERSTOOD TO B

KAIVALYA PADA (SUTRAS FROM 12 TO 22)

                                      THE USES OF YOGA                                                                                  ❤                         SUTRA 12 ❤                        ATITA-ANAGATAM SVARUPATO ASTI ADHVA-BHEDAD                        DHARMANAM                         THE PAST AND FUTURE EXIST IN THE MIND IN THEIR OWN DIFFERENT FORMS DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PATHS FOLLOWED, BASED ON ONE'S DHARMA AND FUNDAMENTAL NATURE.                       SUTRA 13  ❤                           TE VYAKTHA-SUKMAH GUNA-ATMANAH                        THESE NATURES MANIFEST WITH SUBTLE GUNAS AS ATTRIBUTES.                           SUTRA 14  ❤                              PARINAMA-EKAVAD VASTU-TATTVAM                       FROM THE SAMENESS OF ITS EVOLUTION (FROM THE SAME SOURCE), THERE IS THE "THATNESS" OF ANY OBJECT.                        SUTRA 15  ❤                              VASTU-SAMYE-CITTA-BHEDAT TAYOR VIBHAKTAH PANTHAH                            OB

KAIVALYA PADA (SUTRAS FROM 2 TO 11)

                                        THE YOGA USES                                                     👇             SUTRA 2 ❤                     JATI-ANTARA-PARINAMAH PRAKRTI-APURAT                      FROM THE EXCESS OF SAMSKARAS, OF PRAKRITI, ONE PASSESS INTO OTHER BIRTHS TO EXPERIENCE AND FULFIL DESIRES.                      UNFULFILLED DESIRES PROMPT REBIRTH AND APPEAR AS SAMSKARAS IN SPECIFIC REBIRTHS.                            SUTRA 3  ❤                      NIMITTAM APRAYOJAKAM PRAKRITINAM VARANA-                     BHEDAS TU TATAH KSETRIKAVAT                       LIKE THE OWNER OF A FIELD, WHO DIVERTS WATER ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, THE SEPARATION, JOINING AND ENCLOSING OF THE MANIFESTATIONS IS DONE BY THE YOGI, WHILE THE FLOODING OF THE WATER OF SAMSKARAS FROM THE PREVIOUS BIRTH IS NOT.                             SUTRA 4  ❤                           NIRMANA-CITTANIASMITA-MATRAT                         THE FABRICATING MIND CREATES IMAGES ONLY BECAUSE OF THE I-AM-NESS

THE ART OF YOGA

                                                               KAIVALYA PADA                                                 👇                                                                     THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST OF THE FOUR SECTION OF PATANJALI'S YOGA SUTRAS. IT DESCRIBES KAIVALYA, THE YOGI'S ULTIMATE GOAL REACHED BY FREEING THE MIND FROM DISTRACTION FOREVER OR ETERNITY. THEN ONLY THE PURUSHA EXISTS ALL "ALONE" AS THE SUPREME CONSCIOUSNESS AND DUALITY OF ANY KIND IS BANISHED FOREVER.                             BUT JUST AS IN THE LAST SECTION, PATANJALI ONCE AGAIN DEALS WITH VIBHUTI OR "PERFECTIONS" DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION BEFORE CONNECTING TO KAIVALYA.                      SUTRA 1 ❤                       JANMA-OSADHI-MANTRA-TAPAH-SAMADHI-JAH-                       SIDDHAYAH                         SIDDIS OR VIBHUTIS MANIFEST DUE TO BIRTH, DRUGS, MANTRA, AUSTERITY OR SAMADHI.                          WHAT FOLLOWS IS A DETAILED DISCUSSION

THE YOGA SUTRAS (FROM 50 TO 55)

                                    THE YOGA ASANAS                                                    ðŸ‘‡              SUTRA 50 ❤                                                                    ðŸ‘€                        BAHYA-ABHYANTARA-STHAMBHA VRTTIH DESA-KALA-                        SANKHYABHIH PARIDRSTO DIRGHA-SUKSMAH                         THE FLUCTUATIONS - EXTERNAL, INTERNAL, SUPPRESSED, AND ACCORDING TO TIME, PLACE AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS IS DONE- AFTER PRACTICE EVENTUALLY BECOMES LONG AND SUBTLE.                         WITH PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA, THE BREATH BECOMES LONG AND SUBTLE UNTIL IT'S ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE.                       SUTRA 51  ❤                                                                   👀                         BAHYA- ABHYANTARA VISAYA-AKSEPI CATURTHAH                     THE FOURTH IS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STATE (OF THE BREATH)                      WHILE THE BREATH SLOWS DOWN AND BECOMES SUBTLE, THE MIND WITHDRAWS

THE YOGA (SUTRAS FROM 44 TO 49)

                                    THE YOGA ASANAS                       SUTRA 44 ❤                                                    ðŸ‘‡                        SVADHYAYAD-ISTA-DEVATA SAMPRAYOGAH                  FROM SELF-STUDY (ARISES) UNION WITH THE INTENDED DEITY.                        THROUGH SELF-STUDY, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, STUDY OF THE SELF, ONE REACHES UNION WITH THE SOUGHT AFTER DEITY. ISHTA DEVATA IS GENERALLY EXPLAINED AS YOUR FAVOURITE DEITY, BUT IN THE YOGIC CONTEXT, THE WORD "ISTA" COULD MEAN YOUR SOUGHT AFTER DEITY, ISHWARA.                 SUTRA 45  ❤                                                 👇                           SAMADHI-SIDDHIR-ISWARA-PRANIDHANAT                        PERFECTION IN SAMADHI (ABSORPTION) COMES FROM DEDECATION ONE-POINTEDLY TO ISHWARA.                       SUTRA 46  ❤                                                  ðŸ‘‡                            STHIRA-SUKHAM-ASANAM                         ASANA IS (SITTING) WITH STEADINESS AN

THE YOGA SUTRAS (FROM 33 TO 43)

                                     👀     THE YOGA    👀                         SUTRA 33👇                     VITARKA-BADHANE PRATIPRAKSA-BHAVANAM                       FOR THE  BONDAGE OCCURING FROM DISCURSIVE THOUGHT, THE CULTIVATION OF THE OPPOSSITE IS LAID DOWN.                     SUTRA 34 ONWARDS IS AN ELABORARATION OF SUTRA 33.                     SUTRA 34 👇                   VITARKA HIMSA ADAYAH KRTA-KARITA-ANUMODITA LOBHA-                    KRODHA-MOHA-PURVAKA MRDU-MADHYA ADHIMATRA                   DUHKHA-AJNANA-ANANTA-PHALA ITI PRATIPRAKSHA-BHAVANAM                 VIOLENT THOUGHTS THAT ARE INIMICAL TO TRANQUILITY AND CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS, THAT ARE DONE, CAUSED OR APPROVED BY YOU, LUST, ANGER OR DELUSION, WHETHER MILD, MEDIUM OR INTENSE, WHICH RESULTS IN ENDLESS DISATISFACTION, AND SPRING FROM IGNORANCE, CAN BE NEUTRALISED BY DELIBERATE CULTIVATION OF OPPOSITES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE NEW FEW SUTRAS.                SUTRA 35 👇                    AHIMSA-PRATISTHAYAM TAT-S

THE YOGA SUTRAS (FROM 28 TO 32)

                                            THE YOGA                                    SUTRA 28 👀                       YOGA-ANGA-ANUSTHANAD ASUDDHI-KSAYE JNANA-DIPTIR-                       AVIVEKA-KHYATEH                              BY PRACTICING THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA (LISTED BELOW IN THE DESCRIPTION OF SUTRA 29) IMPURITY IS DESTROYED, AND THE LIGHT OF WISDOM LEADS TO DISCRIMINATIVE DISCERNMENT.                    SUTRA 29  👀                     YAMA-NIYAMA-ASANA-PRANAYAMA-PRATYAHARA-                      DHARANA-DHYANA-SAMADHAYO-ASTAV-ANGANI                      RESTRAINTS, OBSERVANCES, POSTURE, CONTROL OF BREATH, WITHDRAWING THE SENSES, HOLDING ATTENTION, MEDITATION, ABSORPTION - THE STATE OF AWARENESS. THESE ARE THE EIGHT LIMBS.                           SUTRA 30  👀                        AHIMSA-SATYA-ASTEYA BRAHMACARYA-APARIGRAHAH                          YAMAH                       THE YAMAS ARE NON-VIOLENCE, TRUTHFULNESS, NON-STEALING, SEXUAL CONTROL AND RENUNCIATION OF

YOGA SUTRAS (FROM 18 TO 27)

                                    THE YOGA SUTRAS                          SUTRA 18                     PRAKASA-KRIYA-STHITI-SILAM BHUTENDRIYA-ATMAKAM                     BHOGA-APAVARGA-ARTHAM DRSYAM                          THE QUALITIES OF LIGHT, DARKNESS, ACTIVITY, INERTIA. THE MATERIAL ELEMENTS, THE SENSES, AND THE PURPOSE OF EXPERIENCING THE WORLD AND EVEN THE LONGING FOR LIBERATION ARE ONLY THE VRITTIS, THE AMBIT OF THE SEEN.                   SUTRA 19                       VISESA-AVISESA-LINGA-MATRA-ALINGANI GUNA-PARVANI                      WHAT IS DISTINCT, THE ONE WHO FEELS BOTH, AND EVEN THE UNMANIFEST AKASA ARE DIVISIONS OF THE GUNAS.                        THE COMMENTARIES OF VYASA SUM UP ALL THE ABOVE-MENTIONED QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES THEM AS STILL WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE SEEN.                       SUTRA 20                       DRASTA DRSI-MATRAH SUDDHO PI PRATYAYA-ANUPASYAH                      ALTHOUGH THE SEER ONLY SEES THE IS PURE SEEING, IT APPERS TO THE MIND TO