There's nothing wrong with passionate mind or dispassionate mind. They just have different prospect and interest towards life existence, and how they live and act/react in the world.
Both minds can also be endowed with kindness and generosity and good will, to be good, to do good and to hope for the best for the world. Though the meanings of what is best for the world and the way of achieving what is best for the world can be very different for the passionate minds and the dispassionate minds.
In terms of Satsanga as one of the important elements for the yoga practitioners to progress in the path of yoga, especially for those who haven't developed a strong foundation of non-attachment, and they are easily be affected or influenced by other people's thinking, belief and behavior, and they attached onto their actions that are being performed out of good intention, and they are being affected or determined by the outcome of their actions very much, then they need the company of the dispassionate (less unrest), and avoid the company of the passionate (more unrest). Satsanga doesn't matter for those who have developed strong non-attachment, who are not being affected or influenced by other people's thinking, belief and behavior, who don't attach onto their action and are not being affected or determined by the outcome of the action, then there's no difference between the company of the passionate or the dispassionate for them, but for the sake of conserving energy to not wasting energy into unnecessary afflictions created by the passionate minds, the yoga practitioners should also avoid the company of the passionate.
Those who are passionate are not bad people. They can be very good people who believe in goodness and righteousness and maintaining the order of the society or the welfare of the environment. They can be doing many good actions in the world that they think are 'the best' for the world. Just that the passion or intense love towards what they love, what they believe in, or what they think how the world should be like and how people should think and behave (act and react), could generate unnecessary disturbance or disharmony in themselves, and create disturbance and disharmony for others.
Passionate mind will feel hurt, frustrated, irritated, disappointed, distressed, depressed and angry, when things are not being the way that it thinks they should be, or the way that it wants them to be, and under the influence of impurities, it will generate hurtful or violent action and speech to project the disturbed state of mind. There's attachment towards the action being performed, and there's expectation towards the fruit of action has to be the way that it thinks how it should be. This is a mind that changes according to whether the experiences are something that it likes and wants, or something that it doesn't like and doesn't want. This mind projects kind qualities when it is happy and satisfied, when things are the way that it likes them to be, but it projects unkind qualities when it is upset and dissatisfied when things are not the way that it likes them to be. At one moment, it can be very kind and friendly, and in another moment, it can be very unkind and violent.
Dispassionate mind won't feel hurt, frustrated, irritated, disappointed, distressed, depressed or angry, when things are not being the way that it thinks they should be, or the way that it would prefer them to be, and won't generate hurtful or violent action and speech as the mind is free from disturb, ill-thinking or ill-will. This mind projects kind qualities regardless of whether things are being the way that it likes them to be, or not. Even when things are not being the way that it would like them to be, this mind is still kind and compassionate. It doesn't have ill-thinking or ill-will to hurt those who are different from them, who dislike or disagree with them, and who go against them or hurt them.
There might be necessary action being performed, to bring awareness to others who are under the influence of ignorance, but there's no attachment or expectation towards the action and the fruit of action. If others are getting offended and upset for being 'lectured' by other people and they continue to be ignorant, let them be. None can change another being, or remove the ignorance in others. None can change the world to be the way that one thinks how it should be.
Yoga teachings doesn't discriminate good or bad people. But it points out the distinction between passionate minds and dispassionate minds on the path of yoga towards peace and harmony in the society or in the world. Even good people who have good intention to perform good action might be under the influence of passion. These minds are not free. Yoga practice is to free the mind from passion, to be dispassionate, while living in the world, doing one best performing necessary actions for the sake of peace and harmony in oneself and in the world, and let it go.
Be free.
Both minds can also be endowed with kindness and generosity and good will, to be good, to do good and to hope for the best for the world. Though the meanings of what is best for the world and the way of achieving what is best for the world can be very different for the passionate minds and the dispassionate minds.
In terms of Satsanga as one of the important elements for the yoga practitioners to progress in the path of yoga, especially for those who haven't developed a strong foundation of non-attachment, and they are easily be affected or influenced by other people's thinking, belief and behavior, and they attached onto their actions that are being performed out of good intention, and they are being affected or determined by the outcome of their actions very much, then they need the company of the dispassionate (less unrest), and avoid the company of the passionate (more unrest). Satsanga doesn't matter for those who have developed strong non-attachment, who are not being affected or influenced by other people's thinking, belief and behavior, who don't attach onto their action and are not being affected or determined by the outcome of the action, then there's no difference between the company of the passionate or the dispassionate for them, but for the sake of conserving energy to not wasting energy into unnecessary afflictions created by the passionate minds, the yoga practitioners should also avoid the company of the passionate.
Those who are passionate are not bad people. They can be very good people who believe in goodness and righteousness and maintaining the order of the society or the welfare of the environment. They can be doing many good actions in the world that they think are 'the best' for the world. Just that the passion or intense love towards what they love, what they believe in, or what they think how the world should be like and how people should think and behave (act and react), could generate unnecessary disturbance or disharmony in themselves, and create disturbance and disharmony for others.
Passionate mind will feel hurt, frustrated, irritated, disappointed, distressed, depressed and angry, when things are not being the way that it thinks they should be, or the way that it wants them to be, and under the influence of impurities, it will generate hurtful or violent action and speech to project the disturbed state of mind. There's attachment towards the action being performed, and there's expectation towards the fruit of action has to be the way that it thinks how it should be. This is a mind that changes according to whether the experiences are something that it likes and wants, or something that it doesn't like and doesn't want. This mind projects kind qualities when it is happy and satisfied, when things are the way that it likes them to be, but it projects unkind qualities when it is upset and dissatisfied when things are not the way that it likes them to be. At one moment, it can be very kind and friendly, and in another moment, it can be very unkind and violent.
Dispassionate mind won't feel hurt, frustrated, irritated, disappointed, distressed, depressed or angry, when things are not being the way that it thinks they should be, or the way that it would prefer them to be, and won't generate hurtful or violent action and speech as the mind is free from disturb, ill-thinking or ill-will. This mind projects kind qualities regardless of whether things are being the way that it likes them to be, or not. Even when things are not being the way that it would like them to be, this mind is still kind and compassionate. It doesn't have ill-thinking or ill-will to hurt those who are different from them, who dislike or disagree with them, and who go against them or hurt them.
There might be necessary action being performed, to bring awareness to others who are under the influence of ignorance, but there's no attachment or expectation towards the action and the fruit of action. If others are getting offended and upset for being 'lectured' by other people and they continue to be ignorant, let them be. None can change another being, or remove the ignorance in others. None can change the world to be the way that one thinks how it should be.
Yoga teachings doesn't discriminate good or bad people. But it points out the distinction between passionate minds and dispassionate minds on the path of yoga towards peace and harmony in the society or in the world. Even good people who have good intention to perform good action might be under the influence of passion. These minds are not free. Yoga practice is to free the mind from passion, to be dispassionate, while living in the world, doing one best performing necessary actions for the sake of peace and harmony in oneself and in the world, and let it go.
Be free.
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