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Sutra Studies Week 7: Reflections On The Five Types Of Mental Distortions According To Patanjali (Sutras 6-11)

Posted by Kidecia King on January 2, 2021 | Featured | No Comments

From wishful thinking, to the spinning and outright denial of truth, our species has created societies that are often shaped by nothing more than illusions, or to draw from Plato’s infamous story of the cave, shaped by nothing more than … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 7: Check-In | Letting Go Of Mental Distortions And Suffering Through Mindfulness

Posted by Kidecia King on December 31, 2020 | Featured | No Comments

The Four Noble Truths, and quest for enlightenment through the Eightfold Path, reminds all seekers that they must let go of the mental distortions that weight them down and keep them entangled/attached in the perpetual cycle of suffering that is … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 7: The 5 Types Of Mental Distortions According To Patanjali (Sutras 6-11)

Posted by Kidecia King on December 27, 2020 | Featured | No Comments

“They are right knowledge, misconceptions, verbal delusion, sleep and memory.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Pramana Viparyaya Vikalpa Nidra Smrtayah Pramana: correct or right knowledge | Viparyaya: misconception, incorrect knowledge | Vikalpa: verbal delusion, imagination | Nidra: sleep | Smrtayah: … Read More … Read More

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The Eight-Limbed Path Of Yoga-Part 3: Limbs Five And Six | Pratyahara And Dharana

Posted by Kidecia King on December 8, 2020 | Featured | No Comments

The Context of Your Reality Within Your Primary Locus Of Control Freedom from the external pulls of the world is the only way to truly gain Self-Realization and liberation from suffering. This is what limbs five and six on the … Read More … Read More

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Sutra Studies Week 4: Looking Into The Mirror Of Your Projected Mind (Sutra 3)

Posted by Kidecia King on December 6, 2020 | Featured | No Comments

“Then the Seer (Self) abides in Its own nature.” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Tada Drastuh Svarupe’vasthanam Tada: then | Drastuh: the Seer | Sva: own | rupe: in (itself) color/nature | Avasthanam (Vasthanam): abides “[T]he Seer, or true you, … Read More … Read More

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Many falsely claim that Yoga is Asana. This is incorrect. Others falsely claim that Yoga is Samadhi. This is also incorrect. Although Yoga utilizes both Asana and Samadhi on the Eight-Limbed Path, Yoga is Union. And the aim of Yoga practice (the entire last chapter of the Yoga Sutras) is Liberation/Kaivalya. Nothing more. Nothing less. To think or say otherwise reflects that you do not have a full or accurate understanding of what Yoga is or accomplishes (or, worst, that you have attachments to certain world views/ideologies that prevent you from fully accessing/seeing the Truth).Want to learn a more accurate definition of Yoga that keeps you out of ignorance?Click here to learn more!

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