Pada 2, Sutra 11 Sanskrit Verse Dhyaana-heyaas tad-vrttayah Translation The active fluctuations of these afflictions can be ended by Meditation. Interpretation In the true state of Meditation there is no I, there just is! Afflictions need an I to survive and intense emotional attachment to an I in order to thrive. Meditation (Dhyan) is the natural spontaneous state of mind that does not identify with either the Saddhak’s (Spiritual Practitioner) own personality, past or fut

Pada 2, Sutra 10 Sanskrit Verse te pratiprasava-heyaah sooksmaah Translation The afflictions in their subtle form are overcome by the process of involution. Interpretation The afflictions are deeply ingrained in us and on an individual level are imprinted in our subconscious mind as our Samskaras. Our emotional attachments to our limited sense of self and to every thing that is ephemeral is what irrigates those seeds planted in the Samskaric grooves that plays the same recor

Pada 2, Sutra 9 Sanskrit Verse Sva-rasa-vaahee viduso ‘pi tathaarudho ‘bhiniveshah Translation Clinging to life, flowing from its own inclination, is even rooted in the Wise. Interpretation Self-preservation and self-perpetuation are the strongest unconscious drives in the life of humans and animals. Fear of death is the seed of all other fears. On the one hand we fear the unknown and on the other there are conscious and unconscious memories of prior losses (‘small deaths’ -

Pada 2, Sutra 8 Sanskrit Verse Duhkhaanushayee dvesah Translation Aversion is clinging to painful experiences. Interpretation Having taken a physical form it is inevitable that we will experience some type of suffering whether physical, emotional or/and mental afflictions at some or various stages of our life. In some sense it is all relative as pain is especially present when a situation / an experience is contrary to either our expectations or likings. Moreover what may ca