Sadhguru - mind's basic nature is to accumulate

Nov 27 eve

http://www.ishafoundation.org/blog/yoga-meditation/demystifying-yoga/zero-an-infinite-possibility/

Emptying The Vessel

The nature of the mind is always to accumulate. When it is gross, it wants to accumulate things. When it becomes a little more evolved, it wants to accumulate knowledge. When emotion becomes dominant, it wants to accumulate people, but its basic nature is that it wants to accumulate. When a person starts thinking or believing that he is on a spiritual path, his mind starts accumulating so-called spiritual wisdom. But whether it is food, things, people or wisdom – it does not matter what you accumulate, when there is a need to accumulate, it means there is an insufficiency. This feeling of being insufficient has entered only because you got identified with limited things that you are not.

Awareness empties the vessel. Sadhana cleanses the vessel.
If one brings sufficient awareness, and above all a constant sadhana – a practice into one’s life – slowly the vessel becomes totally empty. Awareness empties the vessel. Sadhana cleanses the vessel. When these two aspects – awareness and sadhana – are sustained for a sufficiently long period, your vessel becomes empty. Only when this emptiness arises, Grace descends upon you. Without Grace, no one really gets anywhere. If you need to experience Grace, your vessel has to become totally empty.

If you become empty enough for Grace to descend, the Ultimate Nature is not far away. It is here to be experienced. It is here to be realized. It is not tomorrow or another lifetime. It becomes a living reality.

Soul
Just finished my evening sadhana. Cat stretch was awesome. Just holding each postures with normal breathing.

Breathing meditation after cat stretch was a good one. Went in deep.

Shoonya was deep too.

Truly blessed to have my shrine. Today met ex-colleagues from two years ago. All said I look much younger than before, my skin is glowing.