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Podcast: Skillful Means Podcast
Episode: #68 Can Sutra 2.33 help us overcome negativity? Or not?
Description: Text me your feedback.In this month's discussion, Annie and Jen unpack sutra 2.33 from "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali." When negative thoughts arise, this sutra advises that we cultivate the opposite. Is Patanjali advocating for spiritual bypassing? Or is this an early form of cognitive behavior therapy? And how might more modern interpretations of this sutra be used to inadvertently cause harm? Mentioned in this episode:The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and commentary by Alistair ShearerShambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga by Georg FeuersteinOn Earth...