Ruben Vasquez

Ruben Vasquez

3.25 Samyama and strength

Yoga Sutra 3.25 Samyama and strength

Which archetype represents the qualities you want?

Can I embody strength, goodness, intelligence, prosperity, compassion? What is significant and relevant enough to give it your attention, time and energy? Where is your strength?

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3.24 Samyama on friendliness

Yoga Sutra 3.24 Samyama on friendliness

Samyama, catalyst of qualities

What happens when you focus fully on becoming an abode of friendliness (maitri)?
What do you notice when you meditate on compassion (karuna) by sending wholehearted wishes for freedom from suffering and for the well-being of all living beings without exception or condition?

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3.23 Samyama and Karma

Yoga Sutra 3.23 Samyama and Karma

Would it be possible to know when we will die?

To what extent are you aware of the connections between the events emerging in your daily life and your previous actions? Is it possible that you can gain insight on the repercussions of your current actions and interactions? What can you learn by meditating on your own eventual demise?

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3.21 and 3.22 Samyama and invisibility

Yoga Sutras 3.21 and 3.22 Samyama and invisibility

To what extent do your actions generate more turbulence in the world?

What are the footprints you are leaving with your thoughts, intentions, actions, and interactions? What are the sources of interference in your life? Is it possible for you to act without attracting attention?

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3.19 and 3.20 Samyama on gestures and actions

Yoga Sutra 3.19 and 3.20 Samyama on gestures and actions.

Inner state of a person but not its cause.

What do you learn when you focus on a person's gestures, actions, and behavior? Will it be possible to find ways to interact with others with compassion and awareness?

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3.15 Perception of changes

Yoga Sutra 3.15 Perception of changes

Are you aware of the sequence of the stages of manifestation?

Are you witnessing reality without assumptions or expectations?
What happens when you choose to focus on the perceptual characteristics of everything around you and within you?
At what levels of your being (physical, physiological, conceptual and emotional) are there perceptible changes?