Raja-Yoga

YOGA APHORISMS. 131
31. Grief, mental distress, tremor of the body,
irregular breathing, accompany non-retention
of concentration.
Concentration will bring perfect
repose to mind and
body every time it is practised. When the practice
has been misdirected, or not enough controlled, these
disturbances come. Repetition of Om and self-sur
render to the Lord will strengthen the mind, and bring
fresh energy. The nervous shakings will come to
almost everyone. Do not mind them at all, but keep
on practising. Practice will cure them, and make the
seat firm.
32. To remedy this the practice of one subject
(should be made).
Making the mind take the form of one object for
some time will destroy these obstacles. This is gen
eral advice. In the following aphorisms
it will be
expanded and particularised. As one practice cannot
suit everyone, various methods will be advanced, and
everyone by actual experience will find out that which
helps him most.
33. Friendship, mercy, gladness, indifference, being
thought of in regard to subjects, happy, un
happy, good and evil respectively, pacify the
Chitta.
We must have these four sorts of ideas. We must
have friendship for all; we must be merciful towards