Greetings Yogis and
Yoginis,
This week in class
we will be exploring the silence that our Yoga practices help us cultivate.
People see his
pleasure-ground; him no one sees at all.
– Brihadaranyaka
Upanishad
When I was a boy in
my ancestral home in South India , the children
used to play a game called kooee. One little boy or girl would run and hide in
a room of the labyrinthine building. Then he would call out "kooee,"
and we would hear "kooee" echoing from all corners. "Kooee"
would be coming from upstairs and downstairs; from the ceiling
"kooee" would reverberate. We would race through the halls, tear
through each room in search of the one who was crying "kooee." Then
at last we would catch her, and the game would be over.
This is the game we
are all playing. Some people hear the call coming from the bank. Others hear
the call from the haunts of pleasure. Many hear it coming loud and clear from status
and prestige. Still others, tragically, seek power that calls to them with a
loud voice.
We need to open our
ears, so that when we hear the elusive call we will say, "Oh, that is Krishna playing on his flute. That is Jesus beckoning to
us to follow him. That is the Divine Mother calling us home. That is the Buddha
trying to wake us up." Finally, we learn how to trace the sound to its
source and say, "Caught you at last!"
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to observe the silence that your Yoga practices helps you to cultivate and see
for yourself what is calling you. The practices of Yoga encourage us to create
silent space and in that space comes openings to whatever divinity means to you.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal,
and Vancouver Washington
Rushing Water Yoga in Camas,
WA
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