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The Tree of Life - 3.6 : Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13/03/2020. Discourse 3: Severing the Root of this Tree of Life - 6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. #In the system of yoga propounded by Patanjali, an analysis of the mind is made towards the achievement of detachment. There are two kinds, at least, of the movement of the mind in respect of objectsā€”an emotional kind and an intellectual kind. The emotional connection of consciousness with an object is what is usually called affection, love, or the so-called attachment, clinging.  ##This sort of relationship of the mind with the object is called a klishta vritti, a painful operation of the mind, because when we are emotionally related to an object there is anxiety in the mind at a...