Sublime

In the yogic tradition, that unfinished energy pattern is called a Samskara. This is a Sanskrit word meaning “impression,” and in the yogic teachings it is considered one of the most important influences affecting your life. A Samskara is a blockage, an impression from the past. It’s an unfinished energy pattern that ends up running your life.

nature, nurture, and past lives.

Admitting the mistaken perception of ordinary people, ‘I am this body; I have a separate existence’, as the base, the scriptures teach the four yōgas, namely karma yōga, bhakti yōga, rāja yōga and jñāna yōga:

Vyāsa considers error to be essentially the five kleśas, the impediments to the practice of yoga: ignorance (avidyā), ego, attachment, aversion, and clinging to life.

undo the habits of the five kleṣas.

saṁskāras are not just passive imprints but vibrant latent impulses that can activate under conducive circumstances and exert influence on a person’s thoughts and behaviors.