EP 4: Occidental and Oriental Ideas
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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Yoga Is the Stopping of the Spontaneous Activity of the Mind Substance
The first great aphorism in the great work on yoga, the other sutra says, Yaldot is the intentional stopping of the spontaneous activity of the mind substance. The big one looks at him and says, I have a heaven's thanks. What are you doing here living among goats? Man. Nibble for bit of grass. Well this is a shock. He only gets at these silly bleeds. So then he takes them by the neck and brings them to a still pond. Our minds are always in a ripple. All we see are broken fragments that we are all looking at here. Try to think of something that you think you would like to think about. Hold it
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