Greetings Yogis
and Yoginis,
This week in class we are exploring oneness.
This week in class we are exploring oneness.
A human being is part of the whole, called by us "universe,"
a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to
free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
– Albert Einstein
None
of us see life as it is, the world as it is. We all see life as we are. We look
at others through our own likes and dislikes, desires and interests. It is this
separatist outlook that fragments life for us - man against woman, community
against community, country against country. Yet the mystics of all religions
assure us on the strength of their own experience, if only we throw away this fragmenting
instrument of observation, we shall see all life as an indivisible whole.
Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to use your Yoga practices to explore the unity of life.
Yoga teaches us how to slow down and challenges the concept of
"doing" and encourages movement towards a state of
"being". It encourages us to
become or "be" the pose with a oneness. See if slowing down and being, instead of
always doing, provides you with the experience to cultivate the compassion that allows us
to embrace this oneness.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and
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