May all beings everywhere be HAPPY and FREE !!!
OM PEACE – PEACE – PEACE
The Welfare Poets: Sak Pasé June 15, 2008
There is a Way, by Mos Def. June 15, 2008
Lokhaa Samastaa Sukhino Bhavantu
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
Fearlessness June 8, 2008
Chapter 16 sholka 1 of the Bhagavad Gita , Translation by Winthrop Sargeant
SriBhagavan uvaca
Abhayam sattvasamsuddhir
Jnanayogavyavasthitih
danam damasca yajnasca
svadhyayas tapa arjavam
The Blessed Lord spoke:
Fearlessness, purity of being
perseverance in yoga and knowledge
giving, self restraint and sacrifice
Study of sacred text, austerity and uprightness.
The first attribute Lord Krishna gives in chapter 16 – sholka 1 , is Abhayam, Fearlessness. This is a magnificent quality. Being with fear is a lack of faith in yourself and the Lord. I lingered in this place for some time and now it is behind me. Students of yoga must not allow themselves to be consumed with fear. Krishna says to have complete faith and you will never know fear. Become and know Abhaya now.
What’s the rush? June 8, 2008
My Teacher would often ask me, ” What’s the rush? “. Then I thought, what does that mean? I didn’t understand what he was really saying. It took me months to figure out the lesson in the question. Impatience is himsa. My impatience with my asana practice was an act of cruelty toward my Self. I now understand. The mat is a mirror. A reflection of our progression on the path. If we are truly to progress we must sincerely want to look into the mirror. We must make a choice and select the act of ahimsa. We must then choose to be kind and gentle with ourselves. This act on the mat will overflow to our life off the mat, which is where yoga is really practiced.
