Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class
we are considering faith in the Individual and Oneness.
I claim to be an
average man of less than average ability. . . . I have not the shadow of a
doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make
the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
-
Gandhi
While most people
think of ordinariness as a fault or limitation, Gandhi had discovered in it the
very meaning of life - and of history. For him, it was not the famous or the
rich or the powerful who would change the course of history. If the future is
to differ from the past, he taught, if we are to leave a peaceful and healthy
earth for our children, it will be the ordinary man and woman who do it: not by
becoming extraordinary, but by discovering that our greatest strength lies not
in how much we differ from each other but in how much - how very much - we are
the same.
This faith in the
power of the individual formed the foundation for Gandhi's extremely
compassionate view of the industrial era's large-scale problems, as well as of
the smaller but no less urgent troubles we find in our own lives. One person
can make a difference.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to learn how your Yoga practices help
you move from the physical plane to the spiritual plane and to see how this
process expands your faith in the Individual.
Experience how your Yoga practices move you in the direction of discovering
your true nature and provides you with the experience to cultivate
the compassion that allows us to embrace this oneness.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
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