Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class we will be exploring the goal of Yoga, to still the fluctuations of the mind.
Imagine if all the
tumult of the body were to quiet down, along with our busy thoughts. Imagine if
all things that are perishable grew still. And imagine if that mom ent were to go on and on, leaving behind all
other sights and sounds but this one vision which ravishes and absorbs and
fixes the beholder in joy, so that the rest of eternal life were like that mom ent of illumination which leaves us breathless.
– Saint Augustine
As I reach the
spiritual summit, I hardly feel my body. My mind is still; my ego has been set
at rest. The peace in my heart matches the peace at the heart of nature. This
is my native state, the state to which I have been striving through the long
travail of evolution to return. No longer am I a feverish fragment of life; I
am indivisible from the whole.
I live completely
in the present, released from the prison of the past with its haunting memories
and vain regrets, released from the prison of the future with its tantalizing hopes
and tormenting fears. All the enormous capacities formerly trapped in past and
future flow to me here and now, concentrated in the hollow of my palm. No
longer driven by desire for personal pleasure or profit, I am free to use all these
capacities to alleviate the suffering of those around me. In living for others,
I come to life.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to make the connection for
yourself from your own experience how the goal of Yoga, to still the
fluctuations of the mind, brings you to a place of being completely present in
the mom ent. Also consider how the
practice of asana moves you in this direction?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
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