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. \u00a0Patanjali describes the obstacles most of us face in the way of Enlightenment and then outlines many systems for overcoming or dissolving those obstacles. \u00a0This is a veritable instruction manual where formulas are codified that when employed always deliver the results. \u00a0For example there is an amazing instruction for how to keep the mind ‘pure’ or still and in deep Peace. \u00a0Patanjali \u00a0instructs in Sutra 1.33 how to keep a pure mind when navigating the world.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras declare that we must be friendly to happiness, compassionate to suffering, inspired by virtue and indifferent to that which formerly would have disgusted us.\u00a0 To keep a pure mind we can employ these powerful techniques when confronted by those common interactions. \u00a0When we see happy people we can be happy for them! \u00a0When we see suffering people we can appreciate where they are coming from! \u00a0When we see virtues people we can be joyful! And most importantly we can live our lives free from the polluting energy of judgmental \u00a0disgust.<\/p>\n

It is both the most interesting and most difficult to appreciate… this\u00a0last instruction about keeping ourselves nuetral and indifferent instead of feeling judgment or disgust.\u00a0 The ability to remain with equanimity in life and keep the mind still and the well being present, it is required to not hate things, not be disgusted by people and not judge.\u00a0 When we can interact with life in this way we will find that there is pervasive sense of peace in our minds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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