Patanjali wants us to channel the energies of the multiple mind in the right direction

Verse 4.5

प्रवणत्तब ृ दे प्रमोजकं णचत्तभ े एकभ ् अन् केेषाभ ॥ ५॥ ्

pravrittibhede prayojakam chittam ekam anekesham

Though the activities of the different created minds are various, the one original mind is the controller of them all.

Consciousness, though single, directs multiple thoughts, sometimes creating disparities between words and deeds. It is indirectly responsible for numerous activities, and becomes the source of desires and their fulfilment. If it stops directing thoughts, the need to culture the consciousness towards transformation does not arise.

Patanjali wants us to channel the energies of the multiple mind in the right direction, so that no disparities or distortions arise between words, thoughts and deeds.

It has already been said that from the sense of 'I' consciousness in the

sphere of activity, multiple thoughts arise. Owing to lack of understanding, avidya, their fluctuations create doubts, confusion, desires and greed, bringing afflictions. that disturb the mind. These are 'weeds' of the mind

. By using the discriminative faculty (nirodha citta) gained

through yoga, and analysing the fluctuating changes, the weeds are uprooted and a state of silence (prasanta citta) , is created: an intermediate state between the original, universal mind and the individual mind. In that state of silence, comes a refining and purifying spark from within (divya citta). When this occurs, nature becomes a real friend to consciousness, culturing and transforming it, with its abundant energies, and purifying the intelligence of the heart. Intelligence and consciousness then realize that they are one, not separate and different, and all sorrows and joys come to an end.

The intelligence of the heart is nothing but the seer, in whom both intelligence and consciousness rest and remain forever, with purity and divinity.

PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS