The flow of nirodha parinamah becomes steady through habit.
Patanjali's Sutra III-10 (translated by Satchidananda)
I spoke of nirodha parinamah in an entry by the same name a few days ago. I want to touch on how we have the opportunity to advance further whenever we are blessed with awareness of what we are doing before we slip into old patterns of suppressing and repressing etc. .When challenging circumstances come into our lives, instead of judging them as "difficult, unpleasant and unfavorable", we can see them as the wonderful gifts they are. They are always opportunities to practice and develop new habits that are much more life affirming than our old ones were. What makes this possible is our awareness, or attention,
Krishnamurti speaks to this in a talk he gave in 1971, in Madras. (See link below)
You insult me. The response to that insult is from the old brain, that has divided itself, that has been functioning in a pattern. At the moment, for the old brain not to respond, can only happen when there is complete attention. In that moment of attention, there is no cause-effect.
Food for thought.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (2011) as translated by Swami Satchidananda. Integral Yoga Publications
J. Krishnamurti .Dialogue 14-Madras-5th January 1971-'Conflict and Consciousness'https://www.jkrishnamurti.org/content/dialogue-14-madras-5th-january-1971-conflict-and-consciousness
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