~ Who Is God ~
DAY - 28
" ाधयानसंशयमादालयावरतातदशॅन अलध भुमकवानवथतवान चावपेातेऽतरायाः "
Vyaadi styaana samshaya pramaada aalasya avirati bhrantidarshana aalabdha bhoomikatvaan
avasthi tatvani chitta vikshepaaha aste antaraayaah
The first obstacle is ाध - means illness in the body.
Then comes यान - means illness of the
mind - being retarded and having an inability to comprehend, to listen, to understand, to follow,
and to practice.
Many of you will become ill when you do a course.
When you start doing some practice or
meditation, you will have pains in various parts of your body.
It is an obstruction or obstacle in
the path of yoga.
It you are watching television, nothing happens, but if you sit for
meditation,your body becomes restless and there are pains here and there.
The next obstacle is संशय or doubt. The mind is bogged down by doubts.
There are three types
of doubts. One is a doubt about oneself.
You wonder if you are good enough. You feel that you
cannot so something that is required to be done.
You may see that everyone is meditating and
in a blissful state or that they are in a very happy and pleasant mood.
You feel that it is just you
who are suffering and that you are no good. You do not think that you can ever make it. So,
initially there is a doubt about yourself. And then doubts arise about the techniques.
You may
feel that they may not do you any good and that you should try some other technique.
Next,
doubts about the teacher arise.
These three types of doubts can hamper progress.
Your doubt is always about something that
is good.
You never doubt the negative.
You always doubt the positive.
You never doubt your
depression. You never wonder if you are really depressed.
But, you will certainly doubt your
happiness.
You will wonder if you are happy; if what is making you happy is really what you
wanted.
Doubt is the third obstruction.
माद is the next obstacle.
It means doing something wrong willfully; doing it with some motive.
You may know that certain things are not good for you.
Despite this, you continue to do it.
Conversely, you may know the need to do something, and then you do not do it, for instance, you
know very well that you have to pay the tax and you don't pay it. Suppose you are sick and
should not eat ice - cream, etc or that you should not overeat, yet you do so.
You may have
some sugar problem and should not eat much sugar. Despite knowing this, you go on eating
sweets or chocolates. So, being careless and not being alert and attentive is another obstacle.
This is Pramaada.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS,
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