Svarupe

Padma's class on Wednesday was very interesting. We talked about the third sutra: tada drastuh svarupe avasthanam - then, the seer dwells in his won true splendor (translation by B.K.S. Iyengar). Padma teaches sutras to be a guide to a human mind, and the third sutra is all about that - first sutra states that yoga exists, the second sutra states that the mind is not a problem, and the third sutra states that one can be/is truly established in oneself. Padma talked about all the sanskrit words, svarupe, "true self" being my favourite. Iyengar says: "When the waves of consciousness are stilled and silenced, they can no longer distort the true expression of the soul." No matter what your body is doing, you are present in it - and it's hard to remember stillness when your body and mind are active.

It probably doesn't make much sense written down like this, and that is part of the yoga sutra tradition too - one needs a teacher to learn them. I feel blessed indeed.

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