Indic Vs Western Understanding of the Self
In the ground-breaking documentary, "The Century of the Self", Adam Curtis traces the beginnings of consumerism with a rare address made by American President Hoover after winning the elections to a group of advertisers and public relations men,
"You Have taken over the job of creating desire and have transformed people into constantly moving happiness machines. Machines which have become the key to economic progress."
We know what has happened to us when we become constantly moving happiness machines.
How do we understand the Indic view of Self?
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How do we understand ‘Self’ according to Patanjali Yoga Sutras?
I made this visual gif to elucidate my learning.
As we saw in Tripura Rahasya, Yoga unfolds when we work on Manas, Ahamkara and Buddhi layers to transform ourselves. Yoga unfolds when all these three layers are aligned. And when that alignment happens, life flows in abundance.
The self-paced edition of my course, “Yoga of LinkedIn” went live yesterday. The course is a distillation of my learnings from 2014 ever since I started playing with the LinkedIn platform as a lab of self-discovery. Do check it out if you are interested.