What is the meaning of the yogic term Samskaras? How do Samskaras manifest in the day-to-life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may have come across the term Samskaras reading texts on yogic philosophy, but they often muddle up its meaning. Samskaras are mental imprints formed as a result of past experiences. For example, if driving past a mustang like your ex-girlfriend\u2019s disturbs you, that’s a manifestation of a samskara\u2014you’re affected in the present by something that happened in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep reading to understand the meaning of Samskaras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A Samskara is a stable cycle of blocked energy patterns. Over the course of your life, you\u2019ve stored many of these in your psyche. <\/strong>Beyond understanding the meaning of Samskaras, here\u2019s how Samskaras occur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You don\u2019t have to live at the mercy of circumstances and Samskaras.<\/strong> Learn to relax and release; handle Samskaras by choosing to let go of the old, stored energies whenever they come up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cultivate this process of spiritual purging until it becomes your default approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fall into samskaras is actually a fall into unawareness. You encounter a trigger\u2014some sight, sound, situation, or other experience that\u2019s linked to one of the Samskaras stored in your heart (such as the smell of the perfume your ex-wife used to wear before your marriage imploded)\u2014and this trigger pulls you down into the disturbed energy. From there, you see everything through the negative energy\u2019s distorted haze. Eventually, the negativity plays itself out and subsides, and you rise again. However, if your life hits another blockage while you\u2019re already fallen, and you make life decisions from that negative inner state, then a series of cascading crises can occur, resulting in a downward spiral. <\/p>\n\n\n\nReleasing Samskaras<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Falling and Rising<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n