Pain

1. Trust the process

2. It is by design - imagine a conveyer belt

3. Sit through the process and pain - moving will disrupt the process and pain will shift elsewhere. It may look that the pain has been relived but it will settle elsewhere and the whole process will start again. It’s painful every way.

4. The pain will becoming soothing after a bit - it’s a sinusoidal wave - it does become better if we have the patience to follow the process by all design principles.

5. Pain is a teacher. 

6. Pain helps to focus and get attention.

7. Pain is more helpful overall.

8. It diminishes ego. 

9. In the absence of ego the true process can start. 

10. The process is designed to move from gross to subtle sensations.

11. We want the subtle sensations since they are at higher frequencies.

12. Higher frequencies tend to zero. 

13. At some point the bliss starts taking over such that the sensations don’t matter as much and hence right action can be performed. 

14. The bliss keeps you preoccupied and is a happy state of its own - only because it’s like a high and the mind can come up with out of the box ideas. 

15. Shifting the focus changes the state of being. 

16. We become all powerful and come closer to the essence 

Kind to who deserve and extremely stern when principles are at stake - it has to be a combination of both. 

Yog

Gyan, Bhakti and Karma yog - I need to be familiar with all three. I have so far been attracted more to Gyan yog. And recently it felt a little short of making me feel better. I am being guided towards others now. 

I had noticed this one person on reels on Instagram - past 2 weeks. On Thursday evening 7th Sep, I got curious to know who this person was.. the name was not mentioned anywhere. On 8th morning, got to know his name for the first time - took me some time to find it. His looks, his face, his pronunciation etc. was not that attractive, as his tone was - the concern was visible and that kind of attracted me to even find out who he was. Well, I watched his daily videos starting 7th Sep 2023 and it has been fun so far. 

He makes me want to make few changes. 

Sitting

As I sat, I felt as a blob of pain. Like a whole blob that is sitting on that mat. I moved and the pain was relieved for a bit. But it started again - as it shifted. It started again from zero. What would have happened if the movement had not happened? I know that - I have done that before. 

What if the energy ray can shine when it is absolutely still? If it moves, its shine dims. What if the stillness is needed to shine. 

So grow where you are planted. "महलों में रखें चाहे झोपड़े में वास दे...". Live through what has to be. Sit Still. 

When there is difference in "what you know is right" and "what you do in spite", there is a discontent in self and life. No amount of knowing will help if that knowing is not followed up with some action.   

One way is to bridge that gap. But it requires self discipline of highest order. And that also is yog.