I'm rereading The Heart of Yoga (Desikachar). I can not get enough of the first few chapters. I have read them three times. Each time I uncover something new that I want to think about. Particularly, I'm going back over his description of avidya (incorrect comprehension) as the root cause of the obstacles that cloud our mind. These obstacles are asmita (ego), raga (attachment), dvesa (rejection) and abhinivesa (fear). Desikachar states that the branches of avidya cloud our perception, and as a result of the activity, we are dissatisfied.
I have been thinking about this, and about a recent Weekly Words from Satchidananda about how expectations bind us. If we do something with expectation, we are generally unhappy if our expectations are not met.
I thought of many scenarios when one might be unhappy, and I was able to attribute it to an expectation in some form or another. I think that avidya can simply be removed by dropping our expectations.
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