Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class
we are exploring the third Niyama, Tapas - to use burning effort under all
circumstances to achieve ones goal in life.
Everybody today
seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater
riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents.
Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the
disruption of the peace of the world.
- Mother
Teresa of Calcutta
In going faster and
faster and trying our hand at new adventures all the time, we hope we can
forget our emptiness. We try to squeeze as many jobs as possible into a limited
span of time. We're in some frantic race, not knowing just why or against whom
we're racing.
There is no joy in
work which is hurried, which is done when we are at the mercy of pressures from
outside, because such work is compulsive. All too often hurry clouds judgment.
More and more, to save time, a person tends to think in terms of pat solutions
and to take shortcuts and give uninspired performances.
It is often said
that life in our modern world is so complicated, so busy, and so crowded that
just to survive we have to hurry. But I think we still have a choice. We can
insist on working conditions that do not force us to hurry. It is possible to
do our work and attend to our duties without being oppressed by time, and when
we work free from the bondage of time we do not make mistakes, we do not get
tense, and the quality of our living improves.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to experiment with yourself to see if bringing more consistency and dedication
(Tapas) to your Yoga practices increase the time you have in the day to develop
warm, deep, and personal
relationships. See for yourself if your
practices can support simplifying our lives, dropping less important
activities, and slowing down our pace of living.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
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