I've been observing my mind over past 2 days. It does exactly what patanjali discovered & mentioned in his yoga sutras.
1. Seek pleasure
2. Aversion from pain
Either one of the above leads to the opposite feeling. Continuous seeking for pleasure makes the mind ramified. As the mind tries to seek satisfaction fails in every attempt, contentment is lost. Lack of contentment leads to pain.
Aversion from pain, if there is a job which the mind doesn't enjoy doing : it postpones the same. This is a temporary escape and aversion from pain. Temporary because eventually the more you try to escape from pain, the more it haunts you.
Patanjali says do not get attached to pleasure or avert from pain, but observe the mind on how it reacts on both situations. Observe, observe, observe.
My guru says when you begin to stop thinking and start knowing you are in a state of meditative contemplation. This knowing is what is carried forward life after life across reincarnations. This knowing is what makes the old souls different from the young.
Aum Namah Sivaya
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