Satya Sankalpa

Following through with actions on thoughts and words

- Jayadeva Yogendra

We have some very interesting words in yoga.

There is an idea called Satya Sankalpa. That means that if one thinks of something, it happens. It is a kind of Sankalpa Siddhi. What is really important is that what you think has been thought well and as a result, it is pronounced.

Our usual habit is to go on talking any nonsense and much of it has no meaning at all. So it is unlikely that all that we are speaking would at all bear any fruit. An individual who thinks clear, speaks clear, is likely to see things happen. If I decide that I will do my yoga Asanas, then I can tell others. But then, truly speaking, I would not be doing them. I do it for a few days. Then I give excuses. Even while doing the Asanas, I do not do them with that same amount of attention as I might have at the start. This total involvement does not occur and that is where the fault lies. So the good that the Asanas can do does not come.