Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class we are exploring fear.
On this path,
effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort
toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
- Bhagavad
Gita
To be truly secure,
we must begin to find a source of security within ourselves. Even the bravest
among us have many fears. Behind the attachment to money or possessions, for
example, you will always find the fear of loss. Attachment to prestige brings
the nagging fear of what others think of us. The thirst for power feeds the
fear that others may be stronger. Every self-centered desire brings the fear
that we may not get what we desire.
One could make a
Sears catalog of these fears, but all stem from one fatal superstition:
thinking of ourselves as merely physical creatures, separate from the rest of
life. As our sense of oneness with the rest of life deepens, we step out of the
world of fear to live in the world of love.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to consider how can the
physical practices of yoga (bahiranga sadhana: yama, niyama, asana) and the
inward practices (antaranga sadhana: pranayama and pratyahara) prepare you for
your spiritual path and help free you from fear and move you in the direction
of LOVE and the experience of oneness?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
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