Universal Wisdom

avidya smita raga dvesa bhinivesah klesah

   Mon, March 7, 2005 - 1:25 PM
II. 3.
PATANJALI'S VISION OF ONENESS


The mind is restless because of the many unresolved problems. The elements that disturb mental equilibrium and thus generate psychic distress are:

ignorance of the truth concerning

(2) one's self or egotism which seems to be the obvious truth in ignorance, and the belief in the separative individuality,

(3&4) psychological and unnatural extension of attraction and repulsion which, as neurological phenomena are natural, and

5) blind clinging to the present physical "life", born of the ignorant division of timeless eternity into life and death.




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Sat, July 2, 2005 - 11:42 AM
yes that is very acurrate. Could this be why we use such a small part of our minds? Could the size of or mind that we do use in comparison to rest of our mind be on a paralell to the size of this planet in comparison with the rest of the universe? Are all the elements that disturb mental equilibrium discussed here though?