Greetings Yogis and
Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering oneness.
This week in class we are considering oneness.
"This is
myself and this is another." Be free of this bond which encompasses you
about, and your own self is thereby released.
-Saraha
To love completely, it is not enough if I care deeply; I must
also be detached from myself. To know what is best for someone, I have to be
able to step aside from my own prejudices and preconceptions, slip into that
person's shoes and become one with her temporarily, looking at life through her
eyes rather than my own. When I step back again, I will have seen her needs
from the inside; only then can I see clearly how to serve those needs with
detachment and compassion.
Why, then, do we find it so difficult to get ourselves out of
the way? The reason, quite simply, is that we live rather superficially, on the
surface of life. On the surface, we feel that it is natural for people to
quarrel, for nations
to go to war. "It's only human," we say. Only in the depths of the soul can we realize that quarreling and fighting are not natural at all. What is natural is loving everybody, seeing everybody as one.
to go to war. "It's only human," we say. Only in the depths of the soul can we realize that quarreling and fighting are not natural at all. What is natural is loving everybody, seeing everybody as one.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to consider that the practices of
Yoga are centered around the idea of oneness. Oneness in the pose, oneness
with our environment, oneness with each other, oneness with God. Learn
for yourself how practicing the eight limbs of Yoga moves you towards a state
of detachment and how that places you in a position to experience oneness. What would this experience of oneness be like?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
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