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In English, it sounds just the same: a senseless string of words embued with some sense of mystique used to convince and tame you; to teach you follow and not lead; that first impulse is evil. If what you seek you have right now, then why the mad gyrations, austerities, and endless rules to curb…
Oh, to express in simple words My fervent wish and prayer: Mankind, to find its center space And seek beyond rebirth and death; Not worry that it leaves behind Infinite unfinished possibilities. Peace: that is what we lose Amidst this daily upmanship, Denying that with win or lose, what’s Mine is fleeting, as is yours.…
Imagine a person made completely out of salt. If that person chooses to be immersed in the ocean, their very being is absorbed by the sea. Once their head is beneath the waves, no distinction can be made between their now dissolved form and the depths into which they have sojourned. Not even the ocean…
From Swami Satchidananda’s translation and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita: Cherished by your spirit of sacrifice, the gods give you everything you want. (But remember) whoever receives gifts from the gods without offering anything back is a thief. To take one hundred percent and give nothing in return is to be a thief. To take…
With the replacement of two books in my post-Katrina library, one classic (BKS Iyengar’s Light on Yoga) and a modern interpretation and condensation of that classic, with great illustrations and “work in the posture” tips (Iyengar students Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta’s Yoga: The Iyengar Way), I have again begun practicing yoga. It’s been…
Paraphrased from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sutra 33: If someone is happy, offer them friendship (share their happiness) If someone is unhappy, offer them compassion (lighten their suffering) If someone is virtuous, offer them delight (celebrate their goodness) If someone is wicked, offer them disregard (give them no reward) In this way, you can…
With one word aloud, the illusion is broken as the echo fades. So deep, this still well, that a small sound is strengthened and seems so much more. But echoes will fade; and in the gaping silence words do not survive. The illusion is that there is one who listens. Without sound, who knows? What…