There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.
PatanjaliYoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.
PatanjaliYoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.
Patanjali