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RAJA YOGAmuch attached to yourwife? Because you derive pleasure fromher. You love money; you are attached to money, because youcan get various objects that can give you pleasure, throughmoney. Everyoneof us is in search of happiness. Butattempttoget happiness is made in the wrong direction, in external objects,in the lap of the mother, toys, books, in University degrees,in wife, in money, in son, in h0nour and power. There issomething dearerthan a son, there is something dearerthan awife, there is something dearerthan wealth, there is somethingdearer than this Prana or life itself. That'dearer something' isAtman or Purusha, who is hidden in our heart. The searchshould be made within by withdrawing the mind from the objects,by controlling the lndriyas, by practising Yama, Niyama,concentration, meditiation and Samadhi. Referto Sutra ll-10forthe removal of this Raga.7. What ls Dveshag:urffiiq' II-8g:GI pain, 3TC{m repulsion, tq, aversion.Aversion is that which dwells on pain.NOTESThrough memory of pain from experiences, aversion comestowards pain and objects that give pain. This is Dvesha.You try to get rid of objects that give pain. Man shuns pain andruns after pleasure in this world. No one teaches him to seekpleasure. The mind is born of Ananda. So, it runs afier pleasure.Dvesha is the root cause for human sufferings. Wars,splits, dissensions, sectarian quarrels, murders are due toDvesha. Wherever there is Dvesha, there is jealousy side byside. Jealousy is the intimate companion of Dvesha. Jealousyis petty-mindedness. lt is a great pity to find that the minds ofeven highly educated persons who preach on the platform arefilled with jealousy and hatred, and petty-mindedness. What ashame! As they are intelligent, they devise cunning methodsand plans to destroy others, to get the whole fame and respect