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4.21 One part of individual consciousness can’t observe itself

Yoga Sutra 4.21 One part of individual consciousness can't observe itself

If it could, it would create an endless succession of observations that would confuse memory

Can there be more than one instance of your individual awareness?
Can you feel the sensations in your two hands simultaneously? Can you observe yourself as you attend to the sensations in your hands? What happens when one part of you attend to an external process and another aspect of your awareness tries to attend to a different process, like plans, expectations or memories?

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4.20 Pure awareness and world of experience can’t be apprehended simultaneously

Yoga Sutra 4.20 Pure awareness and world of experience can't be apprehended simultaneously.

You either focus on experiences or on the universal awareness.

What is your intention when you direct your awareness to the world of experience?
What happens?
Do you notice a difference when you focus on aliveness itself?
What happens when you try to focus on both experience and pure aliveness?

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This is an excerpt from the book Unravel the Thread available at:
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4.19 Individual consciousness is neither independent nor autonomous

Yoga Sutra 4.19 Individual consciousness is neither independent nor autonomous.

Individual consciousness can be a translucent window between Consciousness and the world

All yoga practices remove obstacles to experiencing the world with absolute clarity. Awareness is accessible only in the present moment. To what extent are your ways of being (including your activities, tendencies, beliefs, and personal history) illuminating or obscuring the connection between vitality and the world of experience?

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This is an excerpt from the book Unravel the Thread available at:
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4.18 Consciousness permeates everything that exists

Yoga Sutra 4.18 Consciousness permeates everything that exists

Ways of being are known by Consciousness

Experiences make it easy to recognize the fundamental difference between unchanging consciousness and the changing world. The vitality in all of life does not change, but our relationship with that vitality does. Experiences are not intrinsically good or bad. Do you have ways of regulating your connection to your own vitality?

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This is an excerpt from the book Unravel the Thread available at:
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Alibris https://www.alibris.com/Unravel-the-Thread-Applying-the-ancient-wisdom-of-yoga-to-live-a-happy-life-Rub-n-V%C3%9Fsquez /book/50532904
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Indiebound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781737648208
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