Iyengar: Unhappiness leads to hatred
Taimni: That repulsion which accompanies pain is Dvesa.
Carrera: Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences.
Iyengar explanation discussions the “chain of hate or aversion” triggered by pain. Iyengar says that a discriminating person finds balance between happiness and sorrow so not to live at the mercy of either.
Taimni goes into the translation of Dvesa. Dvesa is the negative of Raga (repulsion versus attraction) and these form two of the klesas or human miseries. Taimni goes into depth about how these attractions and repulsions work in our life on a deep level and to rid our lives of misery we must understand and trace the causes. He says we must systematically attenuate the klesas with yoga otherwise we will not have peace of mind.
Carrera says that since we are motivated to be happy, we “run after that which feels good and avoid that which is unpleasant”. But he points out – is this such a bad strategy?
The problem, he points out by quoting the Upanishads 2.1, is that if something feels good or bad, that doesn’t mean it is good or bad –“ it could be harmful to us or others now or later”.
I’ve personally been applying these last two Sutras in my own life with my expectations with my teenagers and it is working wonders in my relationships with them. I’m dropping what I want them to accomplish, and trying to think things through when I think they have done something “wrong”.
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