| Yoga is controlling of thoughts arising in | | | | of pain. This way there are ten types of |
| the mind. When thoughts are controlled or | | | | thoughts.Patanjali in his Yogasutra further |
| prevented through practice, the seer or | | | | describes - each of these ten types of |
| practitioner(yogi) rests in his true self or | | | | thoughts may further be divided into five |
| soul(atman). Either you remain in true self | | | | types based on proof(pramana), |
| or control thoughts, the other will result | | | | opposite(viparyay), alternative(vikalpa), |
| automatically. In true self one shall not see | | | | sleep(nidra) or memory(smriti)(I.6). So in |
| or hear anything. Bcause there is none other | | | | all there are fifty types of |
| than the self. When there is anything other | | | | thoughts.Thoughts based on proof are |
| than the self, one shall see or hear | | | | percieved directly through senses or through |
| something. When everything has merged in the | | | | mind. Senses perceive the outside worldly |
| pure consciousness of the true self, when | | | | objects and mind realises the true self. So |
| there is none other than the self, what is to | | | | there should not be doubt regarding there |
| see or hear?Everybody has this experience in | | | | presence. Existence of sun or moon is a |
| deep sleep. In the waking and dreaming states | | | | proven thought. If a blind believes that sun |
| everybody sees or hear something. But when | | | | or moon does not exist, he is in opposite |
| one enters into deep sleep nothing is seen or | | | | thought or opinion. If a man believes that he |
| heard of. This is because the mind and senses | | | | has no self or soul or soul is inferior to |
| are immersed in the pure consciousness of an | | | | someone called God, he is in opposite thought |
| individual. With the mind and senses all | | | | or dualism. The Upanishads declare that soul |
| objects, all worlds, all desires are immersed | | | | is Brahman, the ultimate Reality. When people |
| in pure consciousness. For this one feels the | | | | cannot perceive a thing directly and remain |
| bliss after a sound sleep. This bliss is very | | | | in opposite thoughts, they depend upon |
| less in comparision to the bliss one may feel | | | | alternative or imaginary thoughts. People |
| by resting in true self consciously or | | | | cannot perceive God direcly and for that they |
| knowingly.A practitioner(yogi) does not | | | | make statues of Gods and Goddesses and |
| always remain in true self. In the other | | | | compose mythology and believe in them. |
| state or when he is not in a yogic state, he | | | | Thoughts categorised as sleep lack all kinds |
| remains in his thoughts(I.4). As a being | | | | of sound knowledge or consciousness. People |
| navigates between waking, dreaming and deep | | | | remain in perpetual darkness of ignorance. |
| sleep states, so a Yogi either remains in | | | | Mindless and irrational social and religious |
| true self or remains in thoughts and actions. | | | | practices are nothing but ignorance. Such |
| In that state self, mind and thought become | | | | ignorance is stored up in the mind as memory. |
| one. For this a yogi achieves whatever he | | | | It hides the truth and one fails to |
| desires, because soul is all powerful. He | | | | understand the importance of proven thoughts. |
| knows how to put his self in his thought or | | | | Spiritual and yogic upliftment is possible |
| action.Patanjali describes that there are | | | | only when one accepts the proven |
| five types of thoughts and each thought may | | | | thoghts.Author Mr Premansu Chand,40, is an |
| either be of pleasure or of pain(I.5). | | | | Indian and working as Govt. servent. He takes |
| Thoghts are of five types because we have | | | | pleasure in spiritual books and practices |
| five sense organs. The thought related to | | | | Yoga. He has published a book "quest for |
| each sense organ may either be of pleasure or | | | | truth: the spiritual and yogic way" recently. |
| of pain. The sight of chieldren playing is of | | | | Author tries to tell spiritualism and yoga in |
| pleasure whereas the sight of a dead body is | | | | its purest form. |