Forgiveness + Responsibility
You can forgive someone and hold them responsible. You can love someone and seek justice for that person’s abhorrent actions. People often use Jesus as an example of forgiveness. Well, there is the “turn the other cheek” Jesus and there is also the revolutionary Jesus. The Jesus that spoke up against a corrupt system and was hated and eventually killed for it. The Jesus that went into a temple with a whip, made by his own hands, turning over tables and kicking out charlatans. This Jesus spent his time with people that normal society had cast aside. If you agreed to change your actions, he would heal you. If you…
A letter to Those Disenchanted by the World of Yoga
“Many of us get involved in spirituality and find our path, and then, without our being aware of it, the ego starts to co-opt that path. We begin to place more attention on appearing to be spiritual and talking about spiritual things than we do on the real heart of spirituality, which is about our connection to the transcendent mystery of existence-our own existence and existence as such. We should never forget that this is what spirituality is essentially about; everything else is window dressing”.- Resurrecting Jesus by Adyashanti Yoga calls this, maya. Maya is the magic that conceals the truth. It is a necessary illusion. We are either…
Yoga Sutras For Modern Day Life: Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2:16: Suffering, that has not yet come, can be prevented. Defining the Sutra There are 3 types of Karma. Two of them are created from past actions. Because the deeds have already been done, the consequences are almost impossible to avoid. It is kind of like someone confessing to a murder and not going to jail. A technicality or in the yogi’s case, some tapas, makes it possible, but highly unlikely The third is the Karma that we are currently creating. This is the Karma that we have the most control of. This is the place where we can take actions to prevent suffering. Modern Day…
Making the Philosophy and Poses of Ashtanga Accessible for All
