Yogas chitta-vritti-nirodhah. Yoga is the inhibition of the vibrations of the field of consciousness. Yoga Sutra 1.2. This is stilling everything all the way back to the beginning of manifestation. We have to disentangle out of our vehicles and still all vibrations, not just thoughts. Restrain. Control. Master. Transcend.
If we practice….
If we practice to get into the Heart and then rest there, all our problems will be resolved within us. The outer manifestation will do whatever it is going to do. Inwardly, we will know how to proceed, and will act appropriately.
Following our dharma….
Following our dharma is the Sacrifice.
Five-Fold-Action….
Five-Fold-Action——Learn it. God emanates, we project. God maintains and relishes, we obsess. God withdraws and dissolves, we dissociate and destroy. God conceals His true nature from Himself, we delude ourselves. God reveals Himself to Himself, we think we know who we are, we have insight.
Stop looking….
Stop looking for your path. You have a path already. Walk it.
Challenges on the outside….
Challenges on the outside, such as massive snowstorms, test our internal mettle. These challenges show us where we are internally–or how internal we are. Yoga Sutras 2:18–Objective reality exists for the purpose of experience and liberation.
In our delusion….
In our delusion, the Seer appears to be the Seen; then the Seen appears to be the Subject.
Be with your experience….
Be with your experience. Let whatever comes up come up. And function efficiently and appropriately on the physical plane.
Many believe….
Many believe having everything going “our” way is spiritual. No. Being non-attached to pain and pleasure is where we want to be. As we practice, we may find that we handle the issues in our life appropriately and discover them receding from our every day. To then think we are “done” is an error. We are now free to handle …
“I need a break”….
“I need a break”. What does that mean, a break from what? Does the small self want a break from the discipline, from the practice, from the prison? Does the small self want to be out playing? What we really need is to break from the small self. Turn in. Go deep within the Heart, beyond the vehicles that obscure …