“Drsta nusravika visaya vitrsnasya vasikara samjna vairagyam” Yoga Sutras
"Vairagya, or non-attachment, is
that state of consciousness in which the cravings for objects both seen and
unseen are controlled by the mastery of will."
Our waves of anxiety don’t deal
just with what is in front of us. Worries come from within, from our dreams,
and from conscious ideas about what we want, should want, what can happen, what
might happen, what we expect, what we expected that didn’t arise, and all the
flavours in between. Yogis explain the types of waves through the three Gunas.
Tamasic thoughts are the ones that bring us down. Like periods of being
unemployed or struggling to find clients. Rajasic thoughts are like periods of
being too busy, with no space for self-care or focusing on what is important in
the long term, because you are putting out short term fires. Sattvic thoughts
are the ones in between. The ones we want to pay attention to. Even though they
are also temporary. Thought waves and problems (should) come and go. With
changes in the supply of and demand for solutions.
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