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2.17 Drashtir dirshyayoh sanyogo heya hetuh Change is excruciating when you think things are happening to you. Hardship is the lesson plan of life and when you choose to look at things like they are outside, and need to be fixed - every part of your life suffers. The human body has an incredible capacity to heal when you let go, the natural healing process of the soul begins. Allow manifestation t...

2.16 Heyam dukham anagatam Cause and effect ripen seeds into experiences. This is a mirror effect of past provoking actions of both charming and painful intentions. Kind actions with ulterior motives burn off quickly. Allow manifestation to the present moment to see past lives. Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yog...

2.15 Parinama tapa sanskara dukhahair guna virtti virodhach Wisdom is the anecdote. Life is a garden. You choose to rip out the weeds of suffering by helping others because the past has already been planted. You water the virtuous seeds and when a negative crop of the past ripens - cut it with observation - paving a virtuous experience for your future self and others. Know all languages, to rearra...

2.14 Te hlada paritapa phalah punya - apunya hetutvat The cause for their stages follows too, from the transformation. Outlook is the key ability to stop suffering. Negative thoughts are the root of the storehouse of mental affliction. You remember who you are. The path that you are on is paved by your actions. Transformation of the three combined allows one to see the past and future. Sixty-five...

2.13 Sati mule tad vipako jatyayur bhogah Deep meditation roots focus and limits distraction. All is well - the need to fix is the mind turning - merely a cloud passing through. Fixing - I can do this better than you Helping - assisting others to see the light in themselves Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawch...

2.11 Dhyana heyas tad virttayah You cut the cord with keen observation (not reaction) to very subtle problems.  Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

2.12 Klesha moolah karmaa - ashayo dirshta - adirshta janma vedaniyah Gain the eye of wisdom in perception. The negative thoughts are the storehouse of seeds. You observe the root of actions, over lifetimes passed. The mind will go back to where the seed was planted with word association. Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  http...

2.10 Te pratiprasava heyah sukshmah By being content with yourself, you are content with all things. you cannot control the past by going through life fixing everything in an attempt to control the future.  Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

2.9 svarasa vahi vidushopi tatha rudho bhinivesha Grasping to thoughts is setting yourself up for failure. Even though you understand that it causes suffering. You can get overpowered by familiarity and stability that seems outside of yourself. Grasping is a delusion that promises security and creates despair. The combined effort of focus and sensation creates a deep meditation to understand with...

2.8 dukha - anushayi dveshah Charged with what feels wasteful - you begin to disengage with things that unground you. You know what the end is. See the object clearly; as it is clear light. Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

2.7 sukha - anushayi ragah Charged with what feels easy - you begin to resonate with the things that create the experience. Fixation on the object. Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

2.3 Avidya - asmita raga dvesha - abhiniveshah pancha kleshah Negative emotions are the true enemy with the five negative thoughts being ignorance, selfness, liking, disliking, and grasping. You let go of things. Avidya: ignorance Asmita: egoism or I-am-ness Raga: attachment Dvesha: repulsion and aversion Abhinivesha: fear of death and the will to live Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tip...

2.2 Samadhi bhavana - arthah klesha tanu karana - arthash cha The whole purpose of meditation becomes a play on salt and water to diminish mental afflictions. An equal state of balanced meditation throughout the day - you add “water” to the “saltwater” solution by staying at a level of joy in order to help others. Everything is “the path” - you stop reaching to reach. Subscribe to the Transcend Ti...

2.1 Tapah svadhyayeshvara pranidhanani kriya yogah When undertaking transformational fire, you must surrender to the ego’s grip on reality by letting go of “stuff.” You shift your focus to regular study of what drives you, with regular prayer. You burn off old karma by creating heat and giving back to see clear beauty. You choose to allow time for your body to relax. Subscribe to the Transcend Tim...

1.51 Tasya - api nirodhe sarva nirodhan nirbijha samadhi No more karma, no seeds. The mind is sharp and crystal clear. This is a state of deep meditation, where there are no longer seeds. There is a master and servant relationship to self. There are no more seeds. This completes The Cornerstone of Meditation. This concludes the first chapter. ⏀ Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcom...

1.50 Taj - jah sanskaronya sanskara pratibandhi With the destruction of mental affliction, you replace the negative thought with a virtuous seed. The mind and body are at the mercy of seeds ripening and there is no control over what is happening. Virtuous intentions neutralize mental afflictions.  Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCH...

1.49 Shruta - anumana prajnyabhyam anya Recognize parts and pieces of divinity. Experience with the object goes far beyond reasoning. Listen clearly when the vision emerges from restraint. You see objects in a different way to produce a different energy outlet. The Path Of Seen reveals knowledge of the reactivity of the Maya. During the path of habituation, we plant a bunch of seeds that help peop...

1.48 Irtambhara tatra prajnya Without fear, wisdom becomes vast and awakened.  Vision exceeds far beyond. There comes a point when so many virtuous seeds are planted that there is only one effect. Worry ceases because it is no longer necessary to deal with the mind of a child. There is no need for wisdom or discernment because a diamond, metaphorically enlightened, is empty.  Subscribe to the Tran...

1.47 Nirvichara vaisharadye - dhyatma prasadah When you gain the fearlessness of going beyond all scrutiny, inner bliss is attained. The last of the non-virtuous seeds has been burned off! Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

1.46 Te eva sabijah samadhih Even in deep meditation, there are seeds to ripen of previous deeds done before knowledge was acquired. You do not have to react the same way. You choose to act with equanimity, joy, compassion, and kindness.  Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.com/subscribe

1.45 Sukshma vishayatvam chalinga paryavasanam The finest destination of an object is the most subtle. The world can flip upside down so quickly to make things apparent. The finest object of meditation is Prakriti. The final destination is unperceivable to the senses. Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGAwCHRIS  https://www.yogawchris.co...

1.44 Eteyaiva savichara nirvichara cha sukshma vishaya vyakhyata The difference in being involved with examining an object and not resides in the relative subtlety of the object. How does this exist for you?  You examine what causes you pain and suffering before happiness. Examine the problem first.  Subscribe to the Transcend Times for yoga tips, upcoming retreats, classes, and happenings at YOGA...