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    Re: some fundamentals...

    hariḥ oṁ
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    namasté

    I wrote in the above post,

    If we look at this list, it seems fairly obvious that 8 of these 9 ~obstacles~ apply to one's success in life or career. That is, the lack of these ~features~ within the human condition limits one's achievements.
    So, there can be no whining - ' I cannot be successful in yoga ' , infers one will remain limited in life.
    How is this resolved... as mentioned before , by the infusion of sattva in one's life. It comes to us in many ways...
    Now if one cannot quiet the mind via the practice or abhyāsaḥ¹ aforementioned, then too one may wish to consider the notion of viṣyavatī abhyāsaḥ. What is this ? Let's see how pātañjali muni calls this out in chapter 1 of his yoga-sūtras; he says:
    viṣayavatī vā pravṛttirutpannā manasaḥ sthitinibandhinī ||35
    This says,
    or optionally (vā) another application (pravṛttiḥ) that relates to objects of the senses (viṣayavatī) emerges (utpannā) causing (nibandhinī) calmness or fixity, steadiness (sthiti) of mind (manasaḥ)

    Let's look at this viṣyavatī for a moment.
    viṣaya + vatī
    • viṣaya = an object of sense . There are 5 in number we know as the five indriya-s or 'organs of sense' , each having their correspsonding viṣaya or object. Lets list them out:
      1. śabda - 'sound' for the ear
      2. sparśa - 'touch' for the skin
      3. rūpa - 'form' for the eye
      4. rasa - 'taste' for the tongue
      5. gandha - 'smell' for the nose
    These five viṣaya-s are , at times, called guṇa-s or ~properties~ of the 5 tattva-s or elements , space, air , fire , water , & earth that
    are perceptible by the senses.

    vatī is rooted in van - to manage or control; to gain , acquire , procure

    So, viṣyavatī suggests a practice (abhyāsaḥ¹) by which one is applying the managment of the senses to a tattva or element.
    How is this done ? We will take it up in the next post.

    iti śivaṁ

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    • abhyāsaḥ = repeated or permanent exercise , discipline , habit , i.e. practice. some say this 'practice' is the ability of 'mind' or awareness to remain in its unmodified condition of purity (sattva).
    यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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    Re: some fundamentals...

    hariḥ oṁ
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    From the last post above,
    So, viṣyavatī suggests a practice abhyāsaḥ¹ by which one is applying the managment of the senses to a tattva or element. How is this done ?

    It is putting one's attention via one of the senses mentioned

    1. śabda - 'sound' for the ear
    2. sparśa - 'touch' for the skin
    3. rūpa - 'form' for the eye
    4. rasa - 'taste' for the tongue
    5. gandha - 'smell' for the nose

    One of them is offered in the bhāgavad gītā chapter 6, 13th śloka-s kṛṣṇa-jī informs the practitioner to direct his gaze to the front (tip) of his nose. In this offering one is using sight and the nose to still the mind. One can do this too when the eyes are closed and putting one's attention on the tip of the nose.


    Let's offer another from the vijñāna bhairava kārikā-s. This one deals with sound and (obviously)
    the ears and listening:
    gītādi-viṣayāsvādasama-asukhyaikatatmanaḥ |
    yoginas tanmayatvena manorūdhes-tad-ātmatā ||

    Let's refer to svāmī lakṣman-jū's translation:
    When the mind of a yogin (yogī) is one with the unparalleled joy of music and other (aesthetic delights), then he is identified with it due to the expansion of his mind which has merged with it.


    Are there others ? ; of this there is no doubt.

    iti śivaṁ
    यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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