Clarity and Emotions

Where do the positive emotions associated with yoga come from?

“… being positive and striving to become positive isn’t easy. It requires us to view others with goodwill, something we’re not usually accustomed to. Why do we read so much in the newspapers about scandals, who cheated on whom, and so on? People like to focus on the negative in others. The trap we often fall into is this: We don’t realize that we ourselves can only develop positive feelings within ourselves if we also see the positive in others. …”

Quote from TKV Desikachar (1938–2016) from an interview with Imogen Dalmann and Martin Soder, published in 1999 in *Viveka*, issue 16.