Patanjali is the author and compiler of what are known as the Yoga Sutras. There are 4 Chapters that comprise over 190 Sutras about how to attain liberation using the mind.  Patanjali describes the obstacles most of us face in the way of Enlightenment and then outlines many systems for overcoming or dissolving those obstacles.  This is a veritable instruction manual where formulas are codified that when employed always deliver the results.

In Sutra 1.3 Patanjali says ‘Tada Drastuh Svarupe Vastanam’ which translates to realizing that objects in our view can only be perceived clearly when we are in the present moment…when as he discussed in the Sutra before ‘Yoga Citta Vrtti Nirodah’.

When we are in the present moment we are able to perceive things with a calm clarity that allow for us to make better decision and experience many benefits.