Since dukha means a "bad hole" and the cause of it is correlation or conjunction (samyoga), I think the sage's advice it simple:
"Don't consort with bad holes. " Ever met any bad holes, Card? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > OK, there is some wisdom in this Maharishi-ism. If you can see potential > > trouble brewing down the road and can do something about it before it > > hits the fan, there is value in doing that. > > > > I think at least in the YS, 'heyaM duHkham anaagatam' (the misery which is not yet come can and is to be avoided -- Taimni) refers primarily to 'duHkham eva sarvaM vivekinaH' (everything is only misery for a vivekin -- card). > > The next suutra states: > > draSTR-dRSyayoH saMyogo heya-hetuH. > > The cause of that which is to be avoided is the union of the Seer > and the Seen. -- Taimni. > > And the remedy (II 25): > > tad-abhaavaat saMyogaabhaavo haanaM tad dRsheH kaivalyam. > > The dissociation of puruSa and prakRti brought about by > the dispersion of avidyaa [mentioned in the previous suutra -- card] > is the real remedy and that is the Liberation of the Seer. -- Taimni >
