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Attachment arises from experiences of happiness, and aversion from experiences of pain. Yoga Sutras 2.7 and 2.8. Raga (attachment) and Dvesha (aversion) are tendencies that work together, making us crave for that which based on previous experiences we perceive as pleasant and reject those which based on previous experiences we perceive as a cause of misery. Though this perception is based on a memory, and not on the actual reality. The memories cannot be replicated because all matter is in constant change. The stronger the craving becomes, the more the greed grows, which makes one easily overpass one’s own morals and life values in order to obtain what we want, creating suffering for others and as a consequence, for us. Aversion is the other side of the same story. The stronger the aversion is, the more anger we build towards that which we consider to be the source of pain. This anger can make us overlook our morals to avoid what we resist to experience. So we suffer while resisting and we build hatred, which leads us to suffering once again. Only when we become aware we can start unwinding the roots of suffering from our skin and start cultivating the opposite feelings to attenuate our tendencies. Observation is what will give us knowledge about ourselves, and only through knowledge one can scorch the seeds of ignorance. #svadhyaya #selfobservation #selfknowledge #practicekindnessandcompassion #drashtu #kleshas #watercolor https://www.instagram.com/p/BzmVvIXnNml/?igshid=1mp5ho6knsvmq

It is difficult to try to describe who is the observer, or its nature, but we can definitely describe and even better, understand, what difference it makes in our life to develop the observer, to train it. The seer is that part of us which is aware about our thoughts, patterns and actions. Usually we have no space for seer to be seen. Our mind is always full of movements, full of thoughts. We are always busy, and when we are not we try hard to find something to keep our mind on that state. To have stillness on the mind is scary because then, without the acceleration, we are able to see inside, and that might be painful. To see inside means we have allow "The Seer" to manifest. When we are able to observe ourselves, we gain clarity about what we are and what we are not, about patterns, beliefs, behaviors, emotions. And slowly, by been able to observe, without reacting to it, without judging or identifying with what we see, we gain control over it... we become Free! Yoga Sutras of Patanjali explain about it on sutra 1.3: Tada Drashtuh Svarupe Avasthanam, which means: "then, when the patterns of the mind are regulated, the Observer takes the form of its own essence." #yogasutras #yogaphilosophy #yoga #drashtu #theseer #theobserver #selfobservation #awareness #yogaisequanimity