Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class we are exploring Freedom.
Just as a fire is
covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests
deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.
– Bhagavad
Gita
This verse is taken
from the Bhagavad Gita, a short Sanskrit work of seven hundred verses that has
fascinated and inspired mystics, physicists, psychologists, and philosophers of
many countries for three thousand years. Set on a battlefield on the morning
before a fierce battle, the Gita uses warfare as a metaphor for our personal
struggle with the challenges of life.
The Gita's message
is simple but profound: our native state is freedom. What we want most from
life is to be free of all the mental compulsions that keep us from living in peace
with ourselves, with others, and with the environment. This desire for freedom
is at the core of our personality, says the Gita, and our failings only hide
our real nature like dust obscuring the face of a mirror.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to use your Yoga practices
to explore what "freedom" really means. Does practicing the same
thing, the same way encourage freedom? Does challenging yourself physically and
mentally encourage freedom? See for yourself what encourages the type of
freedom referenced in the Bhagavad Gita.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
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