May I allow myself the peace of solitude
Theōría (θεωρία), contemplation
Is the ultimate culmination
Of all thought and action in
A performance of reasoning
That leisurely explores latent
Possibilities around problems
Without the need to find answers
And this freedom, vivikta (विविक्त)
Is the act of separating yourself
From others, not as a means of
Alienating yourself from society,
But as a way of separating yourself
From the world of things so that you
May be free from their influences
You cannot learn to think by doing
Something other than thinking
And reflective thinking is to be
Spontaneously attentive until
Your entire being converges
Towards your objective in absolute
Stillness of sense and motion
And to fully attend to this deep work
This work de longue haleine
Is to alternate the flow of thought
With the rhythmic movements
Of your respiration without
Quickening, slackening
Or stopping its pace