Why You Get Mixed Feelings. 3 Flavours of Experiencing. Dear Friend,
Everything that has happened to you in the past and anything you hope for in the future acts as mental and emotional background scenery (Vritti) that colours how you experience life from moment to moment.
And so if you were asked the question : Are you happy?, you might think of how well your business is doing or about that promotion you got at work, and decide that, yes, you are happy.
But then you'd remember the client or colleague that you're not getting on well with or the fact that your social life is lacking a little bit, and then you'd decide that you could be happier if things were different.
Our feelings are always mixed in this way because of our Vritti.
Your experience of life is through your awareness/ attention/ consciousness (Chitta) which is continuously being acted on by your Vritti. Your Vritti itself has 3 'flavours' or gunas.
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali defines yoga as: "Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah", meaning 'yoga is achieved when the effect of vritti on chitta is stopped (nirodhah)'.
This is how your Kundalini works. She stops your vritti (vritti nirodhah ) acting on your chitta by taking you into the state of thoughtless awareness. More below.
Also below: How to vibe with the locals when you go on holiday; and, a short meditation to help you break free of the past (and the future).
Best wishesP. PS. Moon Calendar (at end) this coming week: Mon. 12th Aug. - Durgashtami (Conquering the negative); Tue. 13th - Navami (You're protected); Thurs 15th - Putrada Ekadashi (Creative destruction). |
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