Will write again this week.
Wishing you all a Happy and Blessed week!
Namaste.
Ready,Set, Go!
•January 5, 2010 • 4 Comments
I’ve never made New Year Resolutions before, but somehow 2010 is different. So, this year I endeavor to :
- laugh and smile more
- say – I LOVE YOU - as much as I can
- hug more
- stick to a vegan lifestyle
- practice 5 – 6 times a week
- meditate twice daily
- read more
- write more
- learn German and French
- ride my bike more
LOL……..Ready,Set, GOOOOOOOOOO!
I find this video to be inspirational.
Thank you, Mark!
Nothing is Happening!
•December 23, 2009 • Leave a CommentThere is a feeling
in the abyss,
Against a Great thing.
Nothing is happening!
Nothing…Stillness…Darkness….Waves.
Nothing happens?
Or has it All Happened,
And are we now, Silently, in the new life.
Moonday
•December 16, 2009 • Leave a CommentFaithful Lover
The moon came to me last night
With a sweet question.
She said,
“The sun has been my faithful lover
Toward my beauty.
For millions of years.
Whenever I offer my body to him
Brilliant light pours from his heart.
Thousands then notice my happiness
And delight in pointing
Hafiz,
Is it true that our destiny
Is to turn into Light
Itself?”
And I replied,
Dear moon,
Now that your love is maturing,
We need to sit together
Close like this more often
So I might instruct you
How to become
Who you
Are!
Hafiz, c. 1320 to 1389, mystic, Sufi poet.
from The Gift.
New Moon Eclipsed – painting by Rob Gonsalves.
“ What’s the rush? ” Revisted.
•December 14, 2009 • Leave a CommentAs I continue to make progress in my recovery and my asana practice, again I’m facing a question a dear teacher once asked me . “ What’s the rush? ”
Back then it took me months to figure out the message in that question.
These last couple of days in practice, I’ve again become impatient with myself as well as feeling badly about losing all of primary plus my second series practice.
Impatience is himsa. My impatience with my asana practice then and now is an act of malice toward my Self. I have to continue to keep in mind that Ahimsa starts with oneself. Choosing to be kind and gentle with myself, will overflow to my life of the mat – which is where yoga is really practiced.
Our mat is a mirror, an echo of our progression on the Path. If we truly would like to progress, we must sincerely want to look into this mirror.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Sadhana Pada
2.35
ahimsa pratishthayam tat vaira-tyagah
Finding Solace.
•December 10, 2009 • Leave a CommentThe Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali both communicate the marrow of yogic principles. Yoga is the unification of the restricted consciousness and the universal consciousness. One joint theme between the scriptures is the devotional relationship between the divine. The Bhagavad Gita names this path Bhakti Yoga, whereas the Yoga Sutras refers to the path as Ishvara-pranidhana. The shared concept is the trust in something higher than ourselves. Both concepts ask for complete self-surrender and service to the Divine. Bhakti Yoga and Ishvara-pranidhana are one of many ways to triumph over life’s interruptions. Thankfully, I have found comfort and nourishment in these sacred writings.
Book I- Samadhi Pada, Sutra 23
Ishvara- pranidhanad-va
or by devotional surrender to God.
Book II- Sadhana Pada, Sutra 45
Samadhi siddhir Ishvara-pranidhanat
By total surrender to God, samadhi is attained.
Chapter XII- The Yoga of Devotion, Shloka 2
sri-bhagavan uvaca
mayy avesya mano ye mam
nitya-yukta upasate
shraddhaya parayopetas
te me yuktatama matah
The Blessed Lord spoke:
Those who are eternally steadfast, who worship, fixing their minds on Me, endowed with supreme faith, I consider them to be the most devoted to Me.
Chapter XII- The Yoga of Devotion, Shloka 7
tesam aham samuddharta
mrityu-samsara-sagarat
bhavami na cirat partha
mayy avesita-cetasam
Of those whose thoughts have entered into Me, I am soon the deliverer from the ocean of death and transmigration, Arjuna.
Ch-Check It Out!
•December 9, 2009 • Leave a CommentCrazy how I woke up with this song in my head. This is one of my favorite Beastie Boys video.
going to my mat.
will write again later.
Didn’t mean to write so late in the day. I guess I don’t have much to say.
Practice this morning was agonizing. I had to stop during standing postures and I cried from the pain.
I have faith in the practice but, I have to admit, some days are really difficult.
All I can do is keep trying and try I will.
