Showing posts with label The Wisdom of Patanjali's Sutras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wisdom of Patanjali's Sutras. Show all posts

Sunday, December 12, 2010

RAINY SUNDAY IN BROOKLYN

In the immortal words of Felix the Cat, "Righty-o!" 'Twas a good rainy Sunday here in Brooklyn. Several things accomplished (cleaning humidifier, pizzas made, kitchen floor alllllllllmost clean ...), more kitchen re-org progress, roasted squash soup ready to finish ... and I even took a good walk. Even though I am probably too wired to sleep, I am in a good mood and feel accomplished.

Patanjali's Sutra: 1.2 translates several ways:

Yoga is establishing the mind in stillness;
or
Yoga is the stopping of fluctuations of consciousness;
or
Yoga is the quietings of the turnings or projections of the mind;
or
Yoga is for the stillness of the mind;
or
Yoga is the settling of the mind into stillness;
or
Yoga is for steadiness of attention.

Somehow, I managed to accomplish the steadiness, the stillness of mind today. And I got a lot done. I was not really running hither and yon. I rather knew what I planned to get done and how, and that's what happened.

I am not sure how this was accomplished save for not really having any expectations or "emotional investment" in what went down today. I just moved through the day, in my body, with a quiet mind. I wasn't anywhere else. And it was a fine place to be.

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