For some months, on a recent stage of my life I was having a feeling that I was so in peace with life that I could leave this body anytime. It was a new feeling for me, but it was not continuos. Sometimes, little things happened that made me react with the instinct of preserving my life. But overall, even when I was in disease in India, I felt in peace with my life. However I can't say I feel the same now. I am in peace with my life, but I am not in peace with the idea of leaving my body now. What has changed??? Patanjali explains in the Yoga Sutras about the #kleshas or afflictions of the mind, which are the behaviors of the mind that lead us to suffering. All the Kleshas are inter-related and one leads to the other. #Abhinivesha is our most instinctive affliction, is part of our animal nature and when there is no self-observation it can easily lead us to suffering. So, why am I clinging to life more than some months ago? Because I have developed more attachment to what gives me pleasure in life. To read more about this, check my next posts. #yogasutras #yogaphilosophy #yoga
