I had a profound insight during my yoga class yesterday. I love it when that happens. Ironically it was when I could barely keep my breath and posture in any sort of alignment with the pose. The tortured feeling of staying in it for the intrinsic benefits and the relief when you finally do change positions.
Perhaps this is one of the "secrets" of yoga. To bring forth in us the unfelt and unexpressed emotions we could not process or feel as a child or in Reality. The benefit of staying on your mat and in the posture stimulates the subconscious to release the limited beliefs we have about ourselves.
I struggled over the weekend with the smoldering feelings of being "responsible but not in control" of a situation that brought up shades of shame, guilt and self worth. This particle moment involved a long time friend and their words and actions said about me to another.
Odd and peculiar because it had nothing to do with me and my actions.
Yet.
I somehow owned them as if I had done and said it. A strange paradox of sorts. I was owning it because they used my name to their advantage despite of its repercussions for me.
But wait.
I still had nothing to do with it.
The epiphany was that I am not responsible for anyone's actions or words. I am not in control of your feelings, thoughts, beliefs, or your perceptions of me.
You are.
This realization quickly spread from this person and to others, families, groups of people, religions, and it soon encompassed the entire world. Long held beliefs and histories of old relationships fell away. This "my fault" mentality gave way to my new found freedom. A crack of light quickly turned into a blaze of glory.
I could plainly see how this started in my dysfunctional childhood and carried forward by my mind to keep me in check without an escape and the other party free of their own actions and responsibilities.
Now.
You are on your own.
This "my fault" mentality gave way to my new found freedom. A crack of light quickly turned into a blaze of glory. ~Take Rest Warrior.
May You Be Blessed
May you be blessed
May all be blessed
May the one who showed me the path of Dharma be blessed
May all the suffering ones be blessed
May all beings in water, on earth and in the sky be blessed
May my inner conflicts be resolved, and may I be purified
May all be free of cravings and aversions, and may inner peace prevail
May true Dharma light the earth, and may spiritual darkness dissolve
May Dharma abide in each and every atom of the earth
May Dharma awaken in each being, and may each home be filled with peace
May you be blessed, may I be blessed, may all be blessed
Also reminds of this beautiful stanza:
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु
मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।
शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
May All become Happy,
May All be Free from Illness.
May All See what is Auspicious,
May no one Suffer.
Peace, Peace, Peace.
Posted by: Gopalprashad | March 09, 2016 at 04:15 PM
one life
one love
we're one
but we're not the same...
carry each other
sisters and brothers
amen my brother
Posted by: Lori June | February 29, 2016 at 10:29 PM