Maybe the greatest and most important part of the Yoga Sutras is the statement that in order to feel whole and happy, we must stop our mind from churning. We need to differentiate between that which is real, and that which is not real.
We are constantly interpreting messages picked up via our senses, and then our mind churns and churns on these interpretations.
In fact, the interpretation is just that, an interpretation, an opinion, how our mind has chosen to interprete and then react to the messages it receives from our senses.
The reality is sometimes, often in fact, very different from our interpretation. We need to stop misinterpreting to feel whole. As long as our mind churns with no control, we are caught up in misery, because what we think we see is not what we get, it is not the real situation but a misinterpretation.
The best way to stop the mind from churning is to meditate. If you have never meditated before, then now is a great time to learn. If you already know how to meditate but don't sit regularly, decide that from today you will meditate every day. It may only be for a few minutes, which is better than not at all.
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