The difference between the mind of a yoga practitioner and the mind of a non-yoga practitioner, is that the mind of the yoga practitioner is devoid of passion under the presence of wisdom, or right discrimination, or correct understanding, while the mind of the non-yoga practitioner is occupied and influenced by passion (passionate egoistic ideas, desires, and activities as well as lust or sexual desire), under the presence of the veil of ignorance, a.k.a. the idea of 'I', egoism, and all kinds of impurities and restlessness, even if one has been sort of 'practicing' many different types of yoga and meditation practice regularly for an extensive duration, but one hasn't been really practicing yoga of thinning-out/annihilating/conquering the restless impure egoistic modification of the mind a.k.a. the veil of ignorance, as it is.
And it's okay. It takes its own cause and pace to evolve in certain way or not in certain way. It really doesn't matter, upon the mind attains direct self realization towards the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self.
The minds that are passionate will fall in love with anything or anyone that they perceive as desirable, agreeable, and comforting, and have the urge to possess/own/control the things or beings that they love, and will hurt themselves and others as well as the things or beings that they love upon ungratified desires, under the presence of jealousy and possessiveness, or the urge to possess and control the things or beings that they love to be the way that they desire.
The passionate minds/people/human beings/animals will fall in love with others/objects/environment that appear to be mentally and/or physically attractive, desirable, agreeable, or comfortable for them, or that appear to be kind and generous towards them, or that please them, or that gratify their desires and don't desires by giving them what they want and not giving them what they don't want.
Passion, or passionate egoistic ideas, desires, and activities as well as lust or sexual desire, will eventually and naturally disappear from the mind of the genuine yoga practitioners who practice yoga as it is.
For the very few minds that are resting under the absence of passion, it is an absolutely liberating progressive/constructive/fruitful/blissful transformation/evolution, while for the many passionate worldly egoistic impure restless minds, the absence of passion is being perceived as something abnormal, wrong, bad, negative, terrible, mad, destructive, regressive, weak, sick, unhealthy, joyless, and meaningless.
The minds/human beings that reluctant to let go, or to be free from passionate egoistic ideas, desires, and activities as well as lust or sexual desire, they don't have to practice yoga as it is. There are many enthusiastic yoga practitioners are still full of passion and passionate egoistic ideas, desires, and activities, even after many years of attending regular yoga and meditation classes/retreats/workshops, or have been practicing and/or teaching yoga and meditation regularly.
The dispassionate minds don't fall in love with anything or anyone, not to say, to possess/own/control anyone or anything, no matter how 'good', or 'nice', or 'agreeable', or 'comforting', or 'amazing' they appear to be. They merely appreciate all and everything as they are, and be kind to all and everyone as they are, selflessly, dispassionately, indiscriminately, and unconditionally, respecting and allowing all and everyone and everything to come and go, to agree and disagree, to be what they are, and to be changing as they are.
The wise and dispassionate minds don't perceive any kind of insult or hurt, and be undisturbed, even if some others intentionally generate insults or hurtful behaviors towards them, while the ignorant passionate minds perceive all kinds of insults and hurts, and be disturbed and restless.
It doesn't mean that one doesn't move away from the intentional and/or unintentional ignorant hurtful behaviors/actions/reactions of some others, where most of the minds/human beings in this world of ignorance and egoism are functioning under the influence of the veil of ignorance and passion, a.k.a. the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness.
One sees or is aware of a rock being thrown by some others towards oneself, one doesn't stand still, not avoiding the rock, and welcome being hit by the rock.
One sees or is aware of a wall in front, one doesn't deliberately walk into the wall and cause unnecessary painful injury to oneself. If one accidentally walk into a wall and cause painful injury to oneself, one doesn't shout and kick and punch the wall to cause further additional unnecessary painful injury to oneself.
Although there are many minds/human beings that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and passion, would keep walking into any wall repeatedly and cause unnecessary painful injury to oneself repeatedly, while being angry and shouting and kicking and punching the wall, and cause further additional unnecessary painful injury to oneself.
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