Contentment is pure happiness or Santosa.
The outside which includes the body, the mind, the world which are all temporary are in constant change or a flow around the one permanent light of awareness within. Complete contentment can be experienced when our heart-mind field of consciousness rests in this awareness.
Santosa is a practice of gratitude for what we have and where we are. This niyama can come to practice only when are make an effort to be clean both inside and out.
Our thoughts and actions are related to what the situation demands so only by keeping the awareness alive can we avoid being swayed by temporary comforts or discomforts that result from our actions.
Dukha or suffering is inevitable in material life but noticing this feeling helps us to redirect our thoughts using paripaksha - bhavana. As long as we keeping moving in the positive direction aiming for gratitude then with time Santosa will manifest as the real self.
Hence the main factor of real Santosa is being unattached to the results. Well it may sound unachievable because when we fail we have a strong urge to fight and win back. But instead of a fight, address the situation as improvement or more practice then there is a sense of gratitude for you were able to notice what went wrong and change.
Finally the light that shines within each and everyone is the same, so the external manifestations cannot alter the divinity within.
The outside which includes the body, the mind, the world which are all temporary are in constant change or a flow around the one permanent light of awareness within. Complete contentment can be experienced when our heart-mind field of consciousness rests in this awareness.
Santosa is a practice of gratitude for what we have and where we are. This niyama can come to practice only when are make an effort to be clean both inside and out.
Our thoughts and actions are related to what the situation demands so only by keeping the awareness alive can we avoid being swayed by temporary comforts or discomforts that result from our actions.
Dukha or suffering is inevitable in material life but noticing this feeling helps us to redirect our thoughts using paripaksha - bhavana. As long as we keeping moving in the positive direction aiming for gratitude then with time Santosa will manifest as the real self.
Hence the main factor of real Santosa is being unattached to the results. Well it may sound unachievable because when we fail we have a strong urge to fight and win back. But instead of a fight, address the situation as improvement or more practice then there is a sense of gratitude for you were able to notice what went wrong and change.
Finally the light that shines within each and everyone is the same, so the external manifestations cannot alter the divinity within.
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