Merging the mind with the object of perception
Vishayavati Va Pravrittiruthpanna Manasah Sthithinibandhini
How to bring the mind with waves and tides high and low into one's control? Patanjali is explaining many ways for this and in this Sutra, he says the mind can become merged with the object of sense perceptions.
There are five main senses of the mind. They are sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing. Merging with the object of sense perception is focussing on something that the eyes sees for instance, a river or the sky. With practice, the mind becomes steady. Same is to listen intensely to something, whether it is music or spoken words, the prattle of a child, the humming of a bee - any sound. Through being totally with a sip of water or a mouthful of food and getting into the taste, the mind quietens down. Smelling an aroma, or touching an object and putting one's mind fully into feeling that object of touch can bring a state of tranquility that keeps the mind as one whole piece.
- Swahilya Shambhavi. (swahilya.soulmate@gmail.com) Fitness, Satori
8 comments:
This is a great lesson. We should all practice being mindful of each thing that we are doing. This practice opens up so many doors.
True Mark. It seems so simple, but needs so much practice too to be mindful and aware!
Swahilya, what a beautiful concept! We deny ourselves the pleasures of life when we don't pay attention to what we are experiencing in the physical sense. I will take heed to this and concentrate more on what I am experiencing. :D
I'll check you green blog post out today!!!
Good morning!
Hugs, JJ
Yes JJ! Intensity of our day-to-day pursuits leads automatically to the truth of the larger existence that we try often to comprehend!
Thank you.
Awareness and being here and now is the key.
Yes fruitu, Welcome
Unification of subject and object, the man with the universe, the star of five with the star of six. The goal of the great work.
At this very instant, the universe as I knew it was annihilated. And I was blinded by the intense white light that exploded in my face upon this my first attempt of opening the great gate of the City of the Pyramids.
The rapid building up of some strange roaring sound disrupted my concentration and I was immediately thrown back into the quiet darkness, beside the black cube that I hade once made as a copy of my universe.
It would now have to be fundamentally remade.
AVC: looks like a deep vision
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