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Old 18-07-2022, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE 37 EXCERPT:

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Originally Posted by iamthat
Yesterday I read the following in David Godman's three volume biography of H.W.L. Poonja where David Godman was interviewing a disciple of Poonjaji.

[color="Navy"]David: Do you still have many thoughts? How often do they appear?

Disciple: Thoughts are still there but if I want them to stop I just tell them to go away.

That's a good question with an interesting response.

For the complete response, here's the link to the post in its entirety:

https://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/s...2&postcount=37

NOTE: That response seems consistent with my own teacher's translation of the 2nd Sutra in Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras. (Yoga is the perfect control of the vrittis - modifications of the mind).
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