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Yoga comes under psychology and spirituality, not religion. it's not related to rituals but introspection within – examining and experiments with your mind (hab
by kr4 10y ago
Yoga comes under psychology and spirituality, not religion. it's not related to rituals but introspection within – examining and experiments with your mind (habit patterns, emotions and thoughts). Just like a scientist does with nature externally. Only tools of the trade are different.
You may wish to read yoga sutras on swamij.com to see for yourself the profound insights of mind and its working expounded by the author Patanjali.
For instance, Yoga sutras starts with:The goal of Yoga is to regulate the modifications (tendencies) of mind,So the seer rests in its true nature.
The true nature of our consciousness (the seer) is existence-knowledge-bliss.
Hating someone or a group/race of beings is just a negative tendancy which has been adopted, often unconsciously, due to certain experiences in life. With stillness of meditation you can invite such thoughts witness them and remove clinging of mind toward them [0]. All methodologically.
0: http://www.swamij.com/witnessing.htm http://www.swamij.com/witnessing.htm
- mbrock 10y agoOf course telling people how to attain special divinity through holy practices is proselytizing... sure, we can call it spiritual proselytizing! Since you give me life recommendations and profound wisdom, here's my advice offered in return: forget about all this stuff and just live your life as an ordinary human on earth. Through this simple practice of letting go of attachment to religious hope, you can find a sweet kind of freedom and simplicity—maybe even some kind of wisdom!
- kr4 10y agoSweet, your advice sounds very interesting. thank yu! Good luck!
- alphydan 10y ago> an ordinary human on earth. Somebody on HN pointed out that "an ordinary" human is probably not what you think it is [0]. [0] http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/43616/1/626014360.pdf http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/43616/1/626014360.pdf
- mbrock 10y agoYeah, that's part of why I ignore most stuff I hear about what "psychological studies have shown."
- omarchowdhury 10y agoThere's a difference between religious hope and active use of all your faculties to inspect reality — body, speech, mind.