Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class
we are considering baggage or Samskaras.
The grace of God
is a wind which is always blowing.
- Sri Ramakrishna
All that you and I
have to do is to put up our sails and let the wind of grace carry us across the
sea of life to the other shore. But most of us are firmly stuck on this shore. Our
sail is torn and our boat is overloaded with excess baggage: our likes and
dislikes, our habits and opinions, all the resentments and hostilities which we
have acquired.
But just as it is
we, ourselves, who have acquired this baggage, it is we who can gradually learn
to toss it overboard. The wind is blowing, but we have to make our boat seaworthy.
We can patch up our sail, and unfurl it to catch the wind that will carry us to
the other shore.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to learn the Yogic philosophical concept of Samsara or Samskara. A Samsara is
like baggage. Through selfless action we can start to lessen our baggage and
not become attached to the action or to the fruits of the action. “Action done
in selflessness is nourishing. You nourish yourself and you nourish the other
person….Whatever you do, do it without self. Do it with selflessness.”1
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Excerpts from Time to be Holy – Swami
Sivananda Radha
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
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