Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class we are exploring Savasana or corpse pose.
Dreams are real as
long as they last. Can we say more of life?
- Henry
Havelock Ellis
When we wake up
from a dream into waking consciousness, we do not pass from unreality to
reality; we pass from a lower level of reality to a higher level. And, the
mystics of all religions say, there is a higher level still, compared with
which this waking life of ours is as insubstantial as a dream.
Yet until we do
wake up, nothing sounds more absurd than the assertion that we are dreaming,
and nothing seems more solid than this world of the senses. Why should this be
so? If original goodness is our real nature, why are we unable to see it? The
answer is simple: because we see life not as it is but as we are. We see
"through a glass darkly," through the distorting lenses of the mind -
all the layers of feeling, habit, instinct, and memory that cover the pure core
of goodness deep within.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to observe your state of
being after Savasana. One of the goals of Yoga is to uncover our true reality
or as Eknath Easwaran writes "the pure core of goodness deep within." In Sparks of Divinity
B.K.S. Iyengar writes, "The best sign of a good Savasana is a feeling of
deep peace and pure bliss. Savasana is a watchful surrendering of the ego.
Forgetting oneself, one discovers oneself." See if through your practice
of Savasana you can move towards discovering yourself.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
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