Have been seeing how thoughts link to past memories. Then the chain reaction starts, those memories link up to other memories. Ramification is the nature of the mind.
When I see things in the external world, the first thing that happens in thought linkage. This is the first thought.
This thought leads to desire, then to action. Observed this yesterday when I took a decision to go to a restaurant. A previous rendezvous with a friend at that restaurant and food coupled with the thought that my family would like to taste the same made me take that action.
This is how we go about making most decisions and actions. The actions match what patanjali says : i.e. they fall under escape from pain or run after pleasure category.
The reason for this is identification with the ego.
whether the mind is desiring something or escaping from a problem, what's really happening is identification of the seer with the ego and objects of seeing.
In short : when you desire or fear, it indicates the presence (emergence) of the ego.
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