“At any given moment, you are free to be connected to all that you are…”
Week 8: Check-In | Remain A Neutral Observer Of Yourself And Your Life
Have you been practicing detachment and neutral observation of your mind this week?
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Week 8: Gaining Control Of The Mind Through Practice And Non-Attachment (Sutra 12)
“[M]ental modifications (vrittis/distortions) are restrained by practice and non-attachment.”
–The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Sutra (Thread) or Lesson 12: Abhyasa Vairagyabhyam Tannirodhah
Abyasa: practice | Vairagya: non-attachment (abhyam: by both) | Tad (tan): they | Nirodhah: restrained
The two key things that are required in order to gain control of our mind, and achieve results on our Eightfold Path, are practice and non-attachment.
Everyday, we must make it our goal to practice our Yamas, Niyamas, Asanas, Pranayamas, Pratyaharas, Dharanas, and Dhyanas as we strive to reach Samadhi. And everyday, as we practice, we may experience slip ups as we work towards perfection.
It is, therefore, vital that we not only make it our habit to continue to practice each day in order to move forward with consistent effort toward our goal of self-mastery, but that we also make it our goal to remain unattached to any outcome of our practice within any given day or moment in time as well.
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