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Jai Bhagwan! On the 8th I wrote that I had decided to publish the same content here and on my blog at Yoga At Om. Recent developments give me cause to stop that practice and continue writing separate entries. As I mentioned last Saturday, I have been making notes about my daily [...] Jai Bhagwan! I have been taking my own advice to heart and I’ve been writing down those wandering thoughts I can remember after my morning sadhana. Interestingly enough, I made that my intention this morning and my mind was right back to useless chatter. I had also determined that I would hold each [...] Jai Bhagwan! “Expectations are merely frustrations waiting to happen,” says Gurudev. Because things had moved so very quickly last week, I had expected that things would continue to move rapidly. Not so! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, allow me to explain: Before leaving for Florida, [...] Jai Bhagwan! A bit of personal reflection this morning. While in Florida, my ego quickly revealed itself in full glory during morning practice. Gurudev was leading us through the second half of the postures and Chandrakant was leading us through extended holding of the first half of the postures. Gurudev then began [...] Jai Bhagwan! What’s the point, what is the purpose of a guru? A guru is one who leads the learner from darkness into light, from unknowing to knowing. The one true guru is within each of us; so, why one earth would any of us need an external guru? If you are thirsty, [...] Jai Bhagwan! Today’s darshan was a bit different, we had a lecture with Gurudev and then he led us through a pranayam. It was a very notable experience. Practicie teaching is progressing remarkably, there is not one of us that has not improved dramatically since our “pre-test” on Sunday. I just realized [...] Jai Bhagwan! Today Gurudev’s darshan lecture focused on addiction and he started with a very interesting statement: “Biological appetite for pleasure is in balance with pain.” In other words, you become hungry—pain—and that triggers a desire to eat—pleasure. After eating as much as your body needs, the biological pleasure of eating balances out [...] Jai Bhagwan! Well, I’m in the middle of it now and so there is precious little time to write. Allow me to quickly share something that Gurudev said yesterday, “Your ability to live with yourself is revealed in how you live with the other.” Enjoy. Training is excellent. I thought the first [...] Jai Bhagwan! Who are you and how do you face life? Most of us do enough to get by. Most of us refuse to really live our lives. Most of us are mediocre. This morning Eric pushed us to the point of breaking, we practiced for an hour an a half using [...] Jai Bhagwan! Just a very short entry today. Here is a thought from our lecture with Gurudev today: “If you have an egg, then you will have a chicken. If you have a chicken, then you will have an egg. Egg or chicken, does it matter?” |
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