Yogasutra Vibhutipada Sutra 18
Sri SadGurubhyoh Namah
18. samskara sakshat karanat purva jati jnanam
Meaning : Samyama on samskaras (latent impressions in subconscious mind) lead a yogi towards understanding yogi's previous incarnation and the karma that lead to the current samskara.
Further commentary : What is 'today' is the child of yesterday and what is tomorrow is the child of today. This is true for any result, state of mind also.
The cross roads that we are in today is determined by past actions (karma). What decision we take, which road we take now, determines tomorrow. Today , present has the seed for making a conscious choice towards better tomorrow.. Every moment is a decision point. Hence great masters say 'live in present moment' and this living has to be done every moment. Hence enlightenment is not a once in a lifetime achievement. Enlightenment is to live 'moment to moment in awareness'. One can live the current moment through subconscious mind, or through awareness. What we do by subconscious mind becomes karma, and anything done by awareness leads towards cleaning previous karmic influence and towards enlightenment.
Upon closer examination of our current samskaras, yogi comes to know why he is thinking in a certain way, why he is acting in a certain way, why he is reacting in a certain way. What is past is past. But we just cannot simply throw away past baggage, because that has brought us to current state and if we are not careful in our choice by awareness, we fall back into reacting mode and into further karma.
Understanding of our past is important, as that will tell us clearly why the 'current state'. Karma cycle is there to teach us lessons. If we dont learn the lesson properly, the universe will keep us in the same class, and we take the teacher's (nature's) own way of teaching (fruits of karma will visit us time and again till we learn).
Hari Om
Sri SadGurubhyoh Namah
18. samskara sakshat karanat purva jati jnanam
Meaning : Samyama on samskaras (latent impressions in subconscious mind) lead a yogi towards understanding yogi's previous incarnation and the karma that lead to the current samskara.
Further commentary : What is 'today' is the child of yesterday and what is tomorrow is the child of today. This is true for any result, state of mind also.
The cross roads that we are in today is determined by past actions (karma). What decision we take, which road we take now, determines tomorrow. Today , present has the seed for making a conscious choice towards better tomorrow.. Every moment is a decision point. Hence great masters say 'live in present moment' and this living has to be done every moment. Hence enlightenment is not a once in a lifetime achievement. Enlightenment is to live 'moment to moment in awareness'. One can live the current moment through subconscious mind, or through awareness. What we do by subconscious mind becomes karma, and anything done by awareness leads towards cleaning previous karmic influence and towards enlightenment.
Upon closer examination of our current samskaras, yogi comes to know why he is thinking in a certain way, why he is acting in a certain way, why he is reacting in a certain way. What is past is past. But we just cannot simply throw away past baggage, because that has brought us to current state and if we are not careful in our choice by awareness, we fall back into reacting mode and into further karma.
Understanding of our past is important, as that will tell us clearly why the 'current state'. Karma cycle is there to teach us lessons. If we dont learn the lesson properly, the universe will keep us in the same class, and we take the teacher's (nature's) own way of teaching (fruits of karma will visit us time and again till we learn).
Hari Om
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