The Practice of Yoga
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sutra 2.1
Act consciously, cultivating self-awareness, surrendering your selfish desires, and fanning the flames of transformation.
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sutra 2.2
This is the way to thin out the obstacles to living in a constant state of awe, wonder, bliss and Cosmic Consciousness.
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sutra 2.3
The obstacles are ignorance, the ego, cravings, aversion, and attachment.
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sutra 2.4
Obstacles may be dormant, thinned out, or cut back, but they’ll be back in full bloom if the field of ignorance remains.
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sutra 2.5
Ignorance is mistaking the temporary for the eternal, the impure for the pure, pain for pleasure, and the ego for the Self.
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sutra 2.6
The divine power to experience the true Self beyond the ego exists in individual consciousness, but…
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Sutra 2.11
…through meditation. Like the Earth turning away from the Sun, meditation turns your attention away from mental vortexess.
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sutra 2.12
It is said that the roots of your obstacles are in your actions and intentions, which have consequences…
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sutra 2.13
…that as long as the roots exist, they will come to fruition in the family you’re born into, your wealth, your longevity…
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Sutra 2.15
…but with discernment you see that everything in the material world is ultimately unsatisfying.
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Sutra 2.18
Be completely present to everything that’s coming to you through all of your senses and faculties…
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Sutra 2.19
… your sense perception, your emotional perception, your perception of creation, and your perception of the creator.
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Sutra 2.20
The spectator is just consciousness, absolutely pure, direct perception.
Patanjali's yoga sutras 