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YOGASADHANA45Avirati is that tendency of the mind which unceasinglylongs keenly for one or the other kind of sensual enjoyment onaccount of attachment. This is destroyed by Vairagya, lookinginto the faults of worldly objects and worldly life, such as, impermanence,diseases, death, old age, miseries, etc., and constantSatsanga with dispassionate Mahatmas and study ofbooks on Vairagya.Bhrantidarshana is mistaking an undesirable state as themost desirable one due to illusion. Missing the point is goingastray from the right path, Samadhi, from falling into theclutches of Siddhis. Mistaken notion is removed by Satsangawith Yogins. Missing the point and instability are removed bydeveloping more Vairagya and doing constant and intenseSadhana in seclusion. Anavasthitatva or instability is that ficklenessof the mind which does not allow the Yogi to remain inthe state of Samadhi, even though he has reached it with greatdifficulty. Maya is powerful. There is many a slip between thecup and the lip. These obstacles do not come to those who doJapa of OM as stated in Sutra 24 of Chapter ll.When slight difficulties appear, do not stop the practice.Find out suitable means to eradicate the obstacles. Plod on tillyou get the highest Asamprajnata Samadhi. Success is boundto come if you are sincere and steady in Sadhana.14. Gauses of Distractionsg: freqffiW: l I-31gtr p ain, CldT€I despair, efgftqcra t re m o r of th e b od y, {Rt inhalation,Yfl{lT: exhalation, l€tST oscillation or tossing of mind,{l-6gq: companions.Pain, despair, tremor of the body inhalation and exhalationare the companions of the causes of distraction (oscillation ofmind).NOTESThe above signs foltow in the train of the obstacles enumeratedin the Sutra 30 of Chapter l. Pain is that which givesuneasiness for the mind. Despair is the unsteadiness of the