By Sanjeev Patel, CYT
Many versions of the Yoga Sutras exist. Patanjali’s writings have been translated from Sanskrit to all of the major languages. The world reads Patanjali’s words and wishes for more. How can we benefit from reading his words? What will we learn?
When attending my first Yoga teacher training at Aura, Paulji told us, “The Yoga Sutras are an epic. Repetitive reading and pondering can be appreciated over time. This same phenomenon exists, when you see a great movie more than once.” In brief, what can you find in The Yoga Sutras? Many good things, but here are a few reflections to ponder from an unknown author.
“Mastery is only achieved by becoming one with that which we seek to master. Theory comprehension, data collection, statistics, and observation can only take one so far.
For example: One can never master baseball if they have never picked up a bat or a ball. They can comprehend the theory, they can observe the game, they can hear the sounds and smell the smells, they can quote statistics, but they cannot master the game. Players are told to “be the ball” in order to excel and master the game.
Don’t just see it, but feel it, really be it. Feel when the time is right, when all of the elements combine in just the right way for the perfect pitch, the perfect swing. Allow the bat to be an extension of yourself, not a thing you hold. Don’t push the ball as you pitch, allow it to fly as if from you. What does it feel like to soar through the air?
How does the air affect you? What holds you back? What will make you go higher, further, faster? Where do you want to go? Mastery cannot be obtained by any means other than surrender and through surrender, anything can be mastered.
The true solution to perception is that the spiritual man looks down upon psychic nature and observes it. The solution of the mystery lies not in the “mind” but beyond it. When the Self reaches self recognition, self comprehension, this is from one point of view the whole evolutionary process.”
If you are taken back by this writing, you are not alone. I’m completely impressed and I can’t find the original source! If you got nothing out of it, read it again a few times.
Hari Om Tat Sat
© Copyright 2010 – Sanjeev Patel / Aura Publications
Sanjeev Patel is a certified Yoga teacher and an exclusive author for Aura Wellness Center.
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