187. Hook is hidden behind Bait
K rishna says, “He who neither rejoices nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncer of good and evil, alike to friend and foe; to honour and dishonour, alike to experiences of warmth and chill, to pleasure ( sukh ) and suffering ( dukh ), free from attachment, he who is full of devotion is dear to me” (12.17 and 12.18). Essentially, it is witnessing these feelings and emotions rather than identifying with them. A newborn is a ‘universal baby’ with many free neurons in the brain to take care of basic requirements and future challenges. During formative years, many neural patterns are formed based on upbringing, family, society etc. These patterns label external situations and people as either good or bad. Krishna earlier said that, endowed with wisdom, one sheds both good and bad deeds (2.50). This suggests that when we attain the yoga of equanimity, the habit of labelling disappears, as the neural patterns that create these distinctions are broken . The same is reflec...