Sutra Studies Week 51: Check-In | The Distinction Between Pain And Suffering (Ignorance And Knowledge/Awareness)

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Making the distinction between pain (or even simply discomfort) and suffering, or identifying the difference between a thought/idea that is steeped in ignorance versus one that is providing valuable knowledge/insight, is simple in principle, but the distinction often requires a … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Episode 51 Excerpt Video (Yoga Sutra 2.26)

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“[Y]ou will have to learn to become fully reliant on the discernment skills within you in order to accomplish this goal. You will have to sharpen and perfect the discerning instrument of your mind and to cut out all traces … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 51 [Sutra Studies Week 50: Reflections On Sustaining A Mind-Field That Grows No Seeds Of Ignorance (2.26) | Excerpt]

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“Now, the good news, fortunately, is that the eightfold path provides a clear roadmap to the dissolution of this ignorance that is systematic and easy to follow. The one thing to be aware of here…is that even with this seemingly … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 50: Check-In | The Ignorance Of Unconscious Bias (For Example Racial Bias) Is Often Tied To A Strong Attachments To Ego-Identity For Most

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I once sat at a kitchen table with a person who claimed to be “race/color-blind;” a person who claimed to see “all people as they are.” We sat together so that I could oversee his completion of an emotional intelligence … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 50: Sustaining A Mind-Field That Grows No Seeds Of Ignorance (2.26)

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Podcast Episode 50 Excerpt Video (Yoga Sutra 2.25)

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“[Y]our lower self of the body-mind ego identity regulation is the cornerstone, foundational step, of Yoga practice that makes it possible to graduate to the state of being that is beyond distortion and suffering in the world…” … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 50 [Sutra Studies Week 49: Reflections On The Fact That Pure Consciousness Is Not Changed, Defined, Nor Bound By Ignorance, Form, Nor Experience (Sutras 2.25)]

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Yoga “is a process (in any way that allows full embodiment for you) of coming into your True expression by understanding, regulating, and putting aside the limitations of your body-mind-ego identity in order to be your undistorted, unbounded, and liberated … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 49: Pure Consciousness Is Not Changed, Defined, Nor Bound By Ignorance, Form, Nor Experience (Sutras 2.25)

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Podcast Episode 49 Excerpt Video (Yoga Sutra 2.24)

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“Where there is ignorance there is the potential for knowledge, where there is darkness there is the potential for light, where there is sadness there is the potential for joy, where there is danger there is the potential for safety…” … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 49 [Sutra Studies Week 48: Reflections On Ignorance Being The Catalyst For Conscious Form (Sutra 2.24)]

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“‘So,’ I have seen many ask, ‘with such a nature, how is it that anyone could become trapped within the confines of Maya, to begin with? How is it that anyone could suffer due to ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred, and … Read More … Read More