Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class
we are exploring how the practices of Yoga can help you formulate, navigate and
stay on your path - whatever it is.
All mystics speak
the same language, for they come from
the same country.
- Louis-Claude
de Saint-Martin
What we are all
looking for, even though we are searching in the most improbable places, is
infinite wisdom, infinite joy, infinite love. In other words, we are trying to
discover our real nature. At the very core of our being is a spark of purity,
of perfection, of divinity. When we learn to identify less and less with that
which is subject to change and more and more with this core of perfection, we
are gradually moving closer to this supreme goal.
Though different
religions call it by different names, the goal is always the same. It is
nirvana to the Buddhist, moksha to the Hindu; Jesus calls it "entering the
kingdom of heaven within." To the Sufis it is union with the Beloved; to
Jewish mystics it is the return to the Promised Land. No matter what they call
it, all the great religions point to the same supreme goal.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to ask yourself why Mr. Iyengar referred to Yoga as the science of religions. Others have called Yoga the mystical path
of Hinduism. Why is this? Consider how the practices of Yoga can help you
formulate, navigate and stay on your path - whatever it is.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
