Monday, January 6, 2014

The Development of our Character

Greetings Sadhakas,

This week in class we will be exploring using our Yoga practices to help direct the development of our character.

Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.         

                                              – Anandamayi Ma

A few days ago I was watching a woodpecker, a creature I hadn't seen since I left India. This one had a red turban. While I watched, he came and alighted on a huge tree. He was quite a small creature, and the trunk of the tree was enormous. I wanted to go up to him and say, "What, make a hole in that huge trunk with your tiny beak? Impossible. Preposterous!"

But this little woodpecker was not intimidated by size. He did not throw up his legs in despair; he just alighted and went about looking for the right place to begin operations.

It is the same with transforming consciousness; you have to look for the right spot. In some people it is a particular compulsive craving; in some it is jealousy; in some, blind fury. Some may be fortunate enough to have all three. Each person has to look for that spot where urgent work is most needed.

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

The homework is to use the qualities that are developed through your Yoga practices to help you notice and then direct your attention to where it is needed most for the development of your character.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
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

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