Patanjali's yoga sutras

Cosmic Consciousness

Sutra 1.51

When that is mastered, all is mastered, and you will be in a perennial state of Cosmic Consciousness.

Sutra 1.50

This experience neutralizes the effects of all other experiences.

Sutra 1.49

This wisdom goes beyond what can be learned from the scriptures because it comes something totally unique, being one with Cosmic Consciousness.

sutra 1.48

Intuitive wisdom saturated with the most basic principle of existence, which can never be distorted or altered and gives meaning to “truth.”

sutra 1.47

A further refinement is inner peace, the most blissful state, where the mind is perfectly soft, pure, unaffected by anything, with no thoughts at all.

Sutra 1.46

Those are the seeds of Cosmic Consciousness.

sutra 1.45

This has been described as contemplating that which has no characteristic marks.

sutra 1.44

Contemplation can be refined to a state that is beyond wonder.

sutra 1.43

When your mind empties itself of the ego, it is no longer limited by words, meanings, observations, and perceptions.

sutra 1.42

Awareness is still limited by the words you have to describe things, the meaning of your words, and your intellectual understanding.

sutra 1.41

When you stop feeding the mental vortexes and they start to waste away, consciousness becomes like a wish-granting jewel, like a genie within.

sutra 1.40

You will become the master of your relationship with everything from the smallest atomic particle to the great cosmos.

sutra 1.39

Or, you can just meditate as you wish or will, at pleasure, wherever desire leads.

sutra 1.38

Even as you sleep and dream, you will be rooted in the knowledge that leads to liberation from human suffering.

sutra 1.36

…you will become free from grief, happy, radiant with divine light, as if you were illuminated by the stars.

sutra 1.35

…and focusing your mind to witness the sensory experiences arising from the inner realm…

sutra 1.34

Through the release and retention of your breath, which is your vital energy and life force…

Sutra 1.33

By calming the mind, you can cultivate loving kindness, compassion, delight and equanimity in pleasure or pain, fortune or misfortune.

Sutra 1.32

…can be overcome with Om, the highest state of being.

Sutra 1.31

…and the grief, despondency, trembling of the body, and irregular breathing that accompany these afflictions…

Sutra 1.30

The afflictions—illness, sluggishness, doubt, impaired judgement, burnout, overconsumption, low self-esteem, failure and relapse…

Sutra 1.29

Tada! Epiphany! No more moodiness! No more obstacles to your liberation!

Sutra 1.28

The repetition of Om is the king of prayers and turns your body into a temple of Ishwara.

Sutra 1.27

The onomatopoeia invocation of Ishwara is Om.

Sutra 1.26

Ishwara exists in everyone and everything, down to the smallest atomic particle.

Sutra 1.25

In Ishwara is the seed of unsurpassed omniscience.

Sutra 1.24

Ishvara is a special aspect of your individual consciousness, untouched by the residues of your past experiences.

Sutra 1.22

What makes the difference is whether your desire is weak, moderate, or beyond measure.