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IMPORTANT QUESTION!!!

Can I put lemon juice in my hair this summer to lighten it after having had a keratin treatment several weeks ago???

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May 20th: 4.34 "When the highest purpose of life is achieved the three basic qualities do not excite responses in the mind. That is freedom. In other words, the Perceiver is no longer colored by the mind." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay #lastsutra Today's sutra is the last sutra written by Patanjali.

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May 19th: 4.33 "A sequence is the replacement of one characteristic with one that follows it. This is linked to moment. A replacement of characteristics is also the basis of a moment." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 15th: 4.31 "When the mind is free from the clouds that prevent perception, all is known, therefore nothing is to be known." 4.32 "The three basic qualities cease to follow the sequence of alternating pain and pleasure." #yoga #yogilife #oygasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 14th: 4.29 "There arises a state of mind full of clarity concerning all things at all times. It is like a rainfall of pure clarity." 4.30 "This is, indeed, the state of freedom from actions based on the five obstacles." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 13th: 4.26 "And their clarity takes them to their only concern; to reach and remain in a state of freedom." 4.27 "In the unlikely possibility of distraction from this aim, disturbing past impressions are likely to surface." 4.28 "One must never accommodate even small errors because they are as detrimental as the five obstacles." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnay #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 12th: 4.24 "Even though the mind has accumulated various impressions of different types it is always at the disposal of the Perceiver. This is because the mind cannot function without the power of the Perceiver." 4.25 "A person of extraordinary clarity is one who is free from the desire to know the nature of the Perceiver." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 9th: 4.22 "When the mind is not linked to external objects and it does not respect an external form to the Perceiver, then it takes the form of the Perceiver itself." 4.23 "Thus the mind senses a dual purpose. It serves the Perceiver by presenting the external to it. It also respect or presents the Perceiver to itself for its own enlightenment." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 8th: 4.20 "The premise that the mind can play two roles is untenable because it cannot simultaneously fabricate and see what it fabricates." 4.21 "In an individual with such a series of minds of momentary existence there would be disorder and the difficulty of maintaining consistency of memory." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 7th: 4.18 "Mental activities are always known to the Perceiver that is non changing and master of the mind." 4.19 "In addition, the mind is a part of what is perceived and has no power of its own to perceive." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 6th: 4.15 "If the object were indeed the conception of a particular individual's mind then in the absence of his perception, would it exist?" 4.16 "Whether an object is perceived or not depends on its accessibility as well as the individual's motivation." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay Not entirely unlike the age-old "if a tree falls in the forest..." question.

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May 5th: 4.14 "The characteristics of a substance at one moment in time is in fact a single change in these qualities." 4.15 "The characteristics of an object appear differently, depending upon the difference mental states of the observer." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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May 2nd: 4.12 "The substance of what has disappeared as well as what may appear always exist. Whether or not they are evident depends upon the direction of change." 4.13 "Whether or not particular characteristics appear depends on the mutations of the three qualities." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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April 30th: 4.9 "Memory and latent impressions are strongly linked. This link remains even if there is an interval of time, place, or context between similar actions." 4.10 "There is a strong desire for immortality in all men of all times. Thus these impressions cannot be ascribed to any time." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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April 29th: 4.8 "Because the tendency of the mind to act on the basis of the five obstacles, such as misapprehension, has not been erased, they will surface in the future to produce their unpleasant consequences." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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April 24th: 4.2 "Change from one set of characteristics to another is essentially an adjustment of the basic qualities of matter." 4.3 "But such intelligence can only remove obstacles that obstruct certain challenges. Its role is no more than that of a farmer who cuts a damn to allow water to flow into the field were it is needed." #yoga #yogilife #yogasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay

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April 23rd: 4.1 "Exceptional mental capabilities may be achieved by: genetic inheritance, the used of herbs as prescribed in the vedas, reciting incantations, rigorous austerities, and through that state of mind that remains with its object without distraction." #yoga #yogilife #oygasutras #yogaeverydamnday #patanjali #sutragram #SutraADay