In this blog Dr. Bharat Thakur dwells on a a Sutra from the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali where “adherence to one principle is” is suggested as the means to free ourselves of the ‘antaraya’ or obstacles, that never allows our minds to settle, and create a seemingly endless state of disturbance. We could have one or many of the obstacles identified as sickness, apathy, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sensual indulgence, false perspective, non-attainment of the stages of yoga and instability in these stages are the distractions to the mind and are the obstacles.
Just one principle to deal with all the obstacles that keep you away from tranquility and joy. Is that possible? Let’s find out.
EPISODE 1 : We Can
When we think of doing something about our mental patterns - could be habits, imbalances, fears, complexes, the stress of dealing with backlog, of fighting for some ‘me time’ and then struggling to ‘just be me’’ in that me time, of how to regain health and an appetite for life. On top of it, the problems associated with these mental patterns are multi dimensional. How many things to do, courses to take, it’s impossible, could there be just one thing I could do, that can root out all of these patterns that keep me from living my potential, enjoying life, finding meaning and purpose. If Yes, is that going to mean a big action on my part that I might not be in a position to take. Or can my life continue as is and yet.
EPISODE 1 SEGMENTS
