The Development of Your Inner Voice

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering the development of your inner voice.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Proverbs

In the interest of good health, in the interest of a long life, in the interest of loving relationships, it is essential to learn how to deal with our anger creatively and constructively. If we do not, in time it will no longer be isolated outbursts of anger; we will become the victims of an unending stream of rage, seething just below the surface of life, with which no human being can cope.

Through meditation and the mantram every one of us can learn to reduce the speed of our thinking, and install a reliable speedometer in our mind. Then, whenever the speed of thinking goes over, say, fifty-five, one of those recorded voices will automatically whisper, “Be careful. You may not be able to keep your car on the road.”

Positive thoughts travel slowly, leisurely. The slow mind is clear, kind, and efficient; in the beautiful phrase of the Bible, it is “slow to wrath.” Patience means thoughts puttering along like Sunday drivers, taking the trouble to notice the needs of people around.

Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran

The homework is to develop your inner voice in two ways. The first is to try to notice when your mind is speeding up and take a few deep breaths to remind yourself to slow down. The second is to take the time to determine the needs of those around you and act on those needs. Listen to yourself.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994

www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com

Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003