Yoga Sutra 2.7 & 2.8 Desire and Aversion

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[Music] ha yoga Anusha sanim [Music] never say welcome to unravel the thread a podcast for people who want to apply the Yoga Sutras to yoga practice and to live today available online at doli doli w dot and Ravel the thread calm and at simple - yoga dot o-r-g I am Ruben Lasky's your companion on this journey of exploration on today's episode we continue our journey through the second chapter of the yoga Sutra with sutras 2:7 and 2.8 desire and aversion Sutra to 7 says craving enjoyment is desire Braga and Sutra 8 says rejecting pain is a version of Asia identifying with the instruments of sensation and perception body mind emotions and memories contributes to create a sense of eye naturally this eye develops affinities for the experiences you find enjoyable and dislike for the sensations that create discomfort and pain therefore you will crave enjoyable experiences and you will resist or avoid uncomfortable sensations it is very likely that these tendencies will grow into habitual patterns these two sutras present the two afflictions of likes Braga and dislikes to Asia they are afflictions when they get in the way of just being with what is in fact like some dislikes we become the filters through which you approach yourself your circumstances your experiences and your relationships eventually likes and dislikes end up deeply influencing your ideas motivations and actions your likes and dislikes may define who you think you are and can even become the conditions that preclude you from accepting this moment as it is and yourself just as you are confirming the notion that a Sutra is a continuous conceptual thread unifying a whole text these two verses can be seen as related to the idea of Pi Raja presented in Sutra 115 where rider Jia is freedom from all your likes and dislikes it is quite possible that your thoughts about what you like and dislike differ from your actual experiences of those situations and circumstances for instance has it ever happened to you that something you worried about eventually happened without being as devastating as you had imagined similarly have you ever found that something that was supposed to make everything okay did not seem to have that effect or was there ever a time when the effect of an accomplishment may not have lasted as long as you thought it would has it ever happened that something that you once considered a pleasure later became a source of suffering are you in charge of your likes and dislikes or are they driving your decisions and actions do you know what the origin is of your wanting and cravings are some of your actions guided by a sense of scarcity or neediness to what extent do fear anger and judgment motivate your decisions and actions to what extent do you believe that your likes and dislikes define who you are where do your likes and dislikes go when you are asleep is that there any time during your day when you are free from all of your preferences as usual one more way of exploring the meaning of this so tries by chanting it you can choose to chant it in its traditional form with some of the words coming together for Sutra 2.7 so karna shy draaga another option is to chant each word in the Sutra individually suka a new shaii paga suka Anousheh raga suka Anousheh raga suka Anousheh raga suka Anousheh raga suka Anousheh sutra 2.82 no Shahi Vasia another option is to chant each word in the Sutra individually to ha Anoosh ie - ha - ha Anousheh - ah ha - ha a new shiny treasure ha - ha a new shiny treasure ha - ha a new shy - ah ha - ha a new shy - Asia thank you very much for listening I hope you can join me for the next episode when we will explore Sutra 9 in chapter 2 please remember that you can find more information at unravel the thread calm and that you can also find more free resources for yoga including articles videos and guided meditations at simple - yoga thought all our ji I would appreciate it if you could share this podcast thank you until next time namaste [Music] you [Music]