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🤍Patanjali On the Obstacles In Yoga
💛 In our lives, we often face a number of obstacles that prevent us from achieving our goals. In addition to the circumstances that we can not influence, there are those that are entirely dependent on us. It is in our power to manage our will, attention, effort, and time, and to make our goals and plans a reality.
💛 In Open Yoga school, we believe that Yoga is life, and the laws in Yoga and in life are universal. The famous treatise “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” describes the main obstacles in Yoga practice. Knowing these impediments will make it easier to eliminate them. We will be able to achieve results faster and reach a new level of our development.
The Sutras describe nine factors: “physical illness, apathy, doubt, negligence, laziness, cravings, false perception, inability to achieve any stage of concentration, mental instability — these distractions of consciousness are obstacles.” Let’s look at each one in more detail.
💛 Apathy
Apathy is expressed in indifference, in a detached attitude to what is happening, in the absence of a desire for any activity, a decrease in volitional activity. Apathy can be called a mental illness when a person does not want to focus on the practice and his/her consciousness seems to wander. It is very difficult to get over this condition and start practicing again. It usually happens after some tragic events and takes time to recover.
💛 Doubt
Doubt is the turmoil in the mind, the inability to make the right choice or uncertainty about the correctness of it. It is another mental illness that consumes a lot of energy. “Doubt is equal to treachery!” — says the Tibetan wisdom.
Before making a decision, we need to carefully weigh all the pros and cons, but when the decision is made, we should go all the way. Whilst the uncertainty is very exhausting, it is much better to fulfill something and make a mistake than to keep treading water. At the very least, we will gain invaluable experience.
💛 Inability to reach any stage of concentration
Concentration is the ability to willingly direct attention to an object, and keeping it for a long time. The inability to concentrate can be associated with various reasons. As we practice, we go through a series of stages of concentration. Therefore, before proceeding to the next stage, consideration should be given to the previous ones.
In particular, the biggest obstacle is the inability to control our feelings. At the most crucial moment, they can throw us off balance and devalue all efforts. If we are able to hold our attention, to focus on the object, without being influenced by the senses, we will achieve greater success in practice.
We should remember that we are not our feelings and emotions! Emotions come and go, but there is something never changing, something that is called the Higher Self, the omnipotent, the omniscient, the indivisible.
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