| Yoga is controlling of thoughts arising in the mind. | | | | body is of pain. This way there are ten types of |
| When thoughts are controlled or prevented through | | | | thoughts.Patanjali in his Yogasutra further describes - |
| practice, the seer or practitioner(yogi) rests in his | | | | each of these ten types of thoughts may further be |
| true self or soul(atman). Either you remain in true self | | | | divided into five types based on proof(pramana), |
| or control thoughts, the other will result automatically. | | | | opposite(viparyay), alternative(vikalpa), sleep(nidra) or |
| In true self one shall not see or hear anything. Bcause | | | | memory(smriti)(I.6). So in all there are fifty types of |
| there is none other than the self. When there is | | | | thoughts.Thoughts based on proof are percieved |
| anything other than the self, one shall see or hear | | | | directly through senses or through mind. Senses |
| something. When everything has merged in the pure | | | | perceive the outside worldly objects and mind |
| consciousness of the true self, when there is none | | | | realises the true self. So there should not be doubt |
| other than the self, what is to see or | | | | regarding there presence. Existence of sun or moon |
| hear?Everybody has this experience in deep sleep. In | | | | is a proven thought. If a blind believes that sun or |
| the waking and dreaming states everybody sees or | | | | moon does not exist, he is in opposite thought or |
| hear something. But when one enters into deep sleep | | | | opinion. If a man believes that he has no self or soul |
| nothing is seen or heard of. This is because the mind | | | | or soul is inferior to someone called God, he is in |
| and senses are immersed in the pure consciousness | | | | opposite thought or dualism. The Upanishads declare |
| of an individual. With the mind and senses all objects, | | | | that soul is Brahman, the ultimate Reality. When |
| all worlds, all desires are immersed in pure | | | | people cannot perceive a thing directly and remain in |
| consciousness. For this one feels the bliss after a | | | | opposite thoughts, they depend upon alternative or |
| sound sleep. This bliss is very less in comparision to | | | | imaginary thoughts. People cannot perceive God |
| the bliss one may feel by resting in true self | | | | direcly and for that they make statues of Gods and |
| consciously or knowingly.A practitioner(yogi) does not | | | | Goddesses and compose mythology and believe in |
| always remain in true self. In the other state or when | | | | them. Thoughts categorised as sleep lack all kinds of |
| he is not in a yogic state, he remains in his | | | | sound knowledge or consciousness. People remain in |
| thoughts(I.4). As a being navigates between waking, | | | | perpetual darkness of ignorance. Mindless and |
| dreaming and deep sleep states, so a Yogi either | | | | irrational social and religious practices are nothing but |
| remains in true self or remains in thoughts and | | | | ignorance. Such ignorance is stored up in the mind as |
| actions. In that state self, mind and thought become | | | | memory. It hides the truth and one fails to |
| one. For this a yogi achieves whatever he desires, | | | | understand the importance of proven thoughts. |
| because soul is all powerful. He knows how to put his | | | | Spiritual and yogic upliftment is possible only when |
| self in his thought or action.Patanjali describes that | | | | one accepts the proven thoghts.Author Mr Premansu |
| there are five types of thoughts and each thought | | | | Chand,40, is an Indian and working as Govt. servent. |
| may either be of pleasure or of pain(I.5). Thoghts are | | | | He takes pleasure in spiritual books and practices |
| of five types because we have five sense organs. | | | | Yoga. He has published a book "quest for truth: the |
| The thought related to each sense organ may either | | | | spiritual and yogic way" recently. Author tries to tell |
| be of pleasure or of pain. The sight of chieldren | | | | spiritualism and yoga in its purest form. |
| playing is of pleasure whereas the sight of a dead | | | | |