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Upekṣā
“Cultivating a feeling of holding a distance from
the self-deprecation that can so often accompany
our attempts to improve the quality of our inner life
and old responses to inner tensions and memories.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33

Question: “Can you explain for me the relationship between this ‘Apekṣa‘ and ‘Upekṣā‘ in Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33 please?”
Response: “In terms of relationship, the two terms fall into an opposite framing as in ‘interest’ in Yoga Sūtra Chapter Four verse 17 and ‘disinterest’ in Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33, whilst sharing a commonality in terms of both being an active process as in active interest and active disinterest.”

“In Sūtra 1.33 Patañjali offers four Bhāvana as reflections on our relationships with others.
We can also suggest they are listed in a progressively linked order.
Here, the question is:
Are they are presented in an order from gross to subtle, or is it vice versa?
In other words, looking at Upekṣā as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.
Or, are they are presented in an order from subtle to gross?
In other words, looking at Maitrī as the subtlest and most difficult to cultivate.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 33