Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class we are exploring Isvara Pranidhana. Translated as
surrender to God and/or as dedication to humanity.
He that loveth
not, knoweth not God, for God is love.
– I
John
These words sound
so ethereal that most of us cannot connect them with daily life. What, we ask,
do personal relationships have to do with the divine? I would reply that it is
by discovering the unity between ourselves and others - all others - that we
find our unity with God. We don't first get to know God and then, by some
miracle of grace, come to love our fellow human beings. Loving others comes
first. In this sense, learning to love is practicing religion. Those who can
put the welfare of others before their own small personal interests are
religious, even if they would deny it.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to consider the fifth
Niyama (the Niyamas are the second limb of the eight limbs of Yoga), Isvara Pranidhana.
Translated as surrender to God and/or as dedication to humanity. Learn for
yourself if the art of dedicating all your actions to humanity allows for the
reflection of your own inner divinity.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
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