DAY 313
Otherwise, We Take the Shape of the Waves
기원후 2~4세기(파탄잘리)
ORIGINAL
वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र (vṛtti-sārūpyam itaratra)
📜 THE VERSE
Otherwise, the seer takes on the very shape of the mind's waves.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
What shape of thought did I put on whole today and wear all day long?
📝Reflection
Sā-rūpya means "becoming the same form." When a wave rises, the seer instantly puts on that wave's shape: worry rises and we wear worry's face; hatred rises and we become hatred's body. Patañjali calls this not a disease but simply "the other state" (itaratra), the ungathered condition. Most of us live here. That is why practice exists — to train a gap, even a palm's width, between the wave and the one who watches it.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When a feeling grips you today, imagine leaving a palm's width of space between the thought and yourself.
📖 Source:
Yoga Sūtra 1.4.
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
