अथ योगनुशषणं ||1.01||
Now Begins the Study
of Yoga
योगश्चित्तव्र्त्तिनिरोधः
||1.02||
Yoga is the
cessations of modifications of the mind.
तदा द्रष्टु:स्वरुपेअवस्थानं
| |1.03||
Then, the witness
regains his own form.
व्र्तिसरुप्यमितिरत्र | |1.04||
At other times he is
identified with the Modifications.
Now begins
the Study of Yoga:-
Yoga,
indeed, is the Silence of the Mind,
In this
Silence,
The Witness
regains his own true nature,
Else, he
appears in the form of
the Mind
©Ravi
Easwaran
The witness being the soul ? So in order to know ones true self one needs to stop the train of thoughts if one is able to find the quiet ... stop the constant chatter which is the mind (which is organic???) .
ReplyDeleteLoosely speaking yes. The Witness is the Universal Consciousness , which is not identified with the limiting adjuncts ie the Body and Mind & some say the Ego.
ReplyDeleteThe mind has no existence apart from a constant train of thoughts (often random). Cessation of the thoughts catapults one into the supreme state.