love to all within the centrifuge of living

[Guest guest]

Love to All,

 

Last night I was reading Raja - Yoga by Swami Vivekananda with his

translation and his commentary on Patanjili's Yoga Aphorisms. A

couple of his comments on Aphorism 2. "The waves of thought in the

chitta are called vrittis (literally, whirlpools)." Later he says

"The "gathering form" functions when the chitta struggles to draw

itself to its centre; the "one pointed" form, when it tries to

concentrate. And the "concentrated" form brings us to samadhi."

 

For Aphorism 3 he comments "As soon as the waves have stopped and the

lake has become quiet, we see its bottom. So with the mind: when it

is calm, we see what our own nature is; we do not mix ourselves with

the modifications of the mind, but remain our own selves."

 

Om Sivaya,

 

Kanda

[Guest guest]

perhaps what feels like chaos now, is, from another view, the

movement of a whirlpool pulling us into the center.

 

peace,

 

steve c.

[Guest guest]

Dear Steve,

Your statement brought another (unrelated ) inspiring thought from

Vivekananda to my mind .

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This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for

success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will

and work on. Know that the mind which is born to succeed joins

itself to a determined will and perseveres. You have the right to

work, but do not become so degenerate as to look for results. Work

incessantly, but see something behind the work. Even good deeds can

find a man in great bondage. Therefore be not bound by good deeds or

by desire for name and fame. Those who know this secret pass beyond

this round of birth and death and become immortal.

 

The ordinary Sannyâsin gives up the world, goes out, and thinks of

God. The real Sannyâsin lives in the world, but is not of it. Those

who deny themselves, live in the forest, and chew the cud of

unsatisfied desires are not true renouncers. Live in the midst of

the battle of life. Anyone can keep calm in a cave or when asleep.

Stand in the whirl and madness of action and reach the Centre. If

you have found the Centre, you cannot be moved.

 

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, "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...>

wrote:

> perhaps what feels like chaos now, is, from another view, the

> movement of a whirlpool pulling us into the center.

>

> peace,

>

> steve c.