In the mirror of your mind all kinds of pictures appear and disappear. Knowing that they are entirely your own creations, watch them silently come and go. Be alert, but not perturbed. This attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.
You cannot change the course of events, but you can change your attitude, and what really matters is the attitude and not the mere event.
Concentration, Full Confidence, Pure Will. With these 3, what cannot be accomplished?
Our usual attitude is of 'I am this'. Separate consistently and perseveringly the 'I am' from 'this' or 'that', and try to feel what is means to be, just to be, without being 'this' or 'that'.
My actual experience is not different. It is my evaluation and attitude that differ. I see the same world as you do, but not the same way. There is nothing mysterious about it. Everybody sees the world through the idea he has of himself. As you think yourself to be, so you think the world to be. If you imagine yourself as separate from the world, the world will appear as separate from you and you will experience desire and fear. I do not see the world as separate from me and so there is nothing for me to desire, or fear.
Get hold of the main thing: That the world and the self are one and perfect. Only your attitude is faulty and needs readjustment.
The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.
