sevaka v0.37: Pratyahara,

On Tuesday, I spent most of the day worried that it was the end of the world. That there will be a nuclear war because of Trump’s tweets in regards to Iran. This proved to be a waste of time as Trump chickened out and no destruction happened. However, I spent a whole day worried, figuring out what my last meal should be, etc. This was all basically fruitless endeavor.

What I realize is that we are ants. We need to work and continuing doing our work and try to make that work useful and better for the world. If in the process of doing our work we get crushed or killed it really isn’t up to us. We need to just be the best at what we do regardless of the situation and circumstances.

This seems to be the true meaning behind pratyahara. To move the senses away from the world and turn inward. The world will be the world, we cannot do anything about it. Our goal is to move inward and let the world be. It shouldn’t move us and who wins and who loses doesn’t matter. Our goal is to see the circumstances and move the world towards the path we think is ideal without having the world move us in the process.

We need to be stable and rooted in Isvara the pinnacle of stability and trust Him to do what needs to be done. Getting tied into the waves is not fruitful.