I had a cool insight into the fourth sutra which teaches us, rather matter-of-factly, what our minds are like when we are not in samadhi. "Elsewhere (when not in Samadhi), the seer identifies with the form and nature of the mind-field’s fluctuations."
I have understood this intellectually, but never really "gotten" it. But this morning, I was contemplating this shoucha practice and recalling which kleshas were active during that weekend in Vancouver with friends. I was recalling the interplay between raga (attraction/attachment) and dvesha (aversion) and abhiniveshah (fear). They appeared to be acting in consort for me. I was attracted to the possibility of socializing with our new friends and enjoying the wine that was being poured, but there was also an element of aversion to NOT engaging and an element of fear. The aversion and the fear were more subtle and really only identifiable in retrospective contemplation, but now it seems clear that each element was playing a role in my mind-field.
Today's cool insight was that in my reaction to these kleshas being active in my mind, I played exactly into the hands of the fourth sutra. EXACTLY!!!
Oh Samadhi! Come soon!!!
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