Yoga Sutra - An introduction - Part 1
Our mind is shaped by our past. More precisely by our childhood experiences. Our mind is continuously shaped by what our parents, teachers, the movies we saw, our friends, relatives, society etc. All these sources have a lot of conflicts within them. Most of the sources do not know what they are doing or why. They dump all their views into our brain.
Our ability to form relationships with others, to confront various situations in life, ability to take a risk, explore, our open-mindedness, sense of judgement, etc., are defined by our mind.
If our mind is not clear, if it is wavering, pulled all over, in different conflicting directions, then we get confused. We do not know what to do or how to do. We get scared, confused, frustrated, exhausted with life.
To have clarity of thinking, the mind has to be clear.
The mind should be void of all disturbances, all biases, fear, doubts, etc.
How to get such clarity, calmness, steadiness?
That is what the whole Yoga Sastra is about.
Unfortunately, in today’s world, Yoga means exercise, fitness, flexibility, health etc.
Those are by-products of yoga. The main objective of yoga is the tranquillity of mind, calmness and peacefulness of mind.
With that single purpose, yoga sastra is created.
Should we explore this subject?
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