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Chapter 5 - Overcoming Obstacles  Day 35 Patanjali knew the human mind very well. And he knew all the crooks and bumps in it. He knew that it could not have the same feeling towards everybody all the time. Feelings can be developed and they keep changing, too. So he said that we should have feelings of friendliness, compassion, joy, happiness, etc.  And ignore or have upeksha - indifference for the sinful things. If this is done, our chitta, our mind would be pleasant. It will become graceful, gracious. In that gracious and grateful mind, one pointedness becomes easy. We should practice devotion to one thing or one aspect. Then, Patanjali said that if all this was difficult, then he would give one more sutra. Breaking the natural rhythm of the breath, holding it and sustaining it in different rhythms. Patanjali has not mentioned Sudarshana Kriya directly. But in this sentence, there is a clue. You can trace your practice to that one sutra because we are doing the s...

🍅🌿THE TANGY TALE OF SAUCY TOMATOES 🍅🌱 🍅🌿Similar to the intriguing story of the eggplant, the history and evolution of the tomato is a fascinating journey that spans cultures and continents. Though we may assume the tomato to have originated in Italy, due its excessive use in Italian cuisine, it might surprise you that the tomato actually originated in the Andes region of South America. The ubiquitous cultivation and market presence of the tomatoes globally, makes it hard to conceive that they actually occurred as wild fruits at one point in time. The wild ancestors of the tomato were small, round, and likely yellow or orangish-red. Unlike the eggplant, the wild tomato was already edible, though its taste and texture were quite different from the cultivated varieties we know today. It took a long time overcoming myths about its toxicity before it was accepted as edible. 🍅🌿 🍅🌿The name "tomato" might seem straightforward...

Chapter 5 - Overcoming Obstacles  Day 34  And we should be happy with people who are doing good job, who are meritorious, who have lots of merit and who are blessed. We should become one with them, feel that we are doing the good job with them. Then, the sense of competition disappears and jealousy subsidies.  The tendency to find fault with people who are doing good things will disappear. People have a tendency to find faults if someone is good and blessed or meritorious and doing some good work. At least they have done whatever they have done! The persons, who complain, normally, would not have done much themselves.  Criticism comes from people who do not work. They just criticize others. We should not find fault with people who are doing some good work. We should feel happy about it. Do not find fault, but feel happy for those people who are doing good work. You do this when you will become one with them. If the right hand is doing good job, the left h...

Chapter 5 - Overcoming Obstacles  Day 34  And we should be happy with people who are doing good job, who are meritorious, who have lots of merit and who are blessed. We should become one with them, feel that we are doing the good job with them. Then, the sense of competition disappears and jealousy subsidies.  The tendency to find fault with people who are doing good things will disappear. People have a tendency to find faults if someone is good and blessed or meritorious and doing some good work. At least they have done whatever they have done! The persons, who complain, normally, would not have done much themselves.  Criticism comes from people who do not work. They just criticize others. We should not find fault with people who are doing some good work. We should feel happy about it. Do not find fault, but feel happy for those people who are doing good work. You do this when you will become one with them. If the right hand is doing good job, the left h...

Chapter 5 - Overcoming Obstacles  Day 33  Patanjali said that there can be only four types of people in the world - people who are happy, those who are unhappy, those engaged in good and meritorious acts, and those engaged in bad and demonic acts. Happy people, unhappy people, meritorious and blessed people and sinful people - the four categories. And how do you deal with them? Patanjali said to have maitri - friendliness with all those who are happy. If you do not, you will be jealous. You are jealous of people who are happier than you. But if you feel that you own them and that they belong to you, it does not bother you when they are very happy. You are never jealous about the happiness of someone very close and dear to you.  The jealousy arises when the happy person is not connected to you totally. So, Patanjali said that you should be friendly with them. You can see the same Self in everybody but the feelings will not be the same. It can differ for a begin...