Start to slowly dissipate into your mat, melting all of you. Loosen completely and just let yourself unfold. Body & mind are connected; if the body is still, then so too is the mind & if the mind is so too is the body. Welcome this image...Imagine you are underwater. Relaxed & calm, become one with the water. Let it move you like a dance partner. Predict its movements knowing that you and it are on in the same. Co-create a dance with the water while staying totally relaxed in the body & mind.
Lila is the Sanskrit word for Divine Play, Life is about Infinite Play... Passion, Beauty, Creativity, Freedom & Joy in the Present Moment
Showing posts with label Meditation. Show all posts
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Tapas/tapasya (lit. heat) 1. Austerities. 2. The experience of heat that occurs during the process of practicing yoga. The heat is generated by friction between the senses and renunciation. It is said that this heat, called "the fire of yoga," burns up the impurities that lie between the seeker and the experience of the Truth.
On the list of niyamas is austerity, tapas, which literally means heat. This is the fire of yoga. First, it burns up the impurities in the body. Then it reveals itself as the great fire, the blazing light of the supreme Self. For a mediator, tapasya also includes accepting whatever happens as the best thing for your sadhana, and not being disturbed by any discomforts. inner and outer, that you may experience.
Austerity develops endurance, which is the backbone of yoga. In yoga, your need the power of endurance. Constantly enduring whatever happen, never falling apart. You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because when you do, it becomes a tendency, and it happens over and over. Endurance is an invaluable quality that strengthens a mediator and helps him overcome the obstacles on the path. The path is strewn with many obstacles, so you can't let one obstacle stop you. You have many obstacles to overcome, so you must gain strength as you walk the path.
Even though at times you feel very tired and depleted, so tired that you feel you can't go on, even then, remember cleanliness, remember the purification that has already happened. Remember that austerity is good. It is the real fire that will burn the impurities and obstacles. Do not let yourself become completely exhausted. Without austerity, it is easy to give in to temptations and fall back on the indulgences that are so much a part of the lower self and the world of sense objects. So a yogi, a seeker, must always remember to ascent higher and higher. There should be nothing in the closet to revert to. Many people think if they put their bad habits in the closet, somehow no one will see them. Then, if they really want to indulge themselves, they can. But it's better to keep the closet clean.
Austerity has the power to mold a person into a sturdy vessel capable of holding the immense energy of yoga. This energy, this shakti, is very strong. In order to hold it, your need a strong body, a strong vessel. To sum it up, every part of your being profits from austerity, which curbs the appetites and purifies the will.
On the list of niyamas is austerity, tapas, which literally means heat. This is the fire of yoga. First, it burns up the impurities in the body. Then it reveals itself as the great fire, the blazing light of the supreme Self. For a mediator, tapasya also includes accepting whatever happens as the best thing for your sadhana, and not being disturbed by any discomforts. inner and outer, that you may experience.
Austerity develops endurance, which is the backbone of yoga. In yoga, your need the power of endurance. Constantly enduring whatever happen, never falling apart. You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because when you do, it becomes a tendency, and it happens over and over. Endurance is an invaluable quality that strengthens a mediator and helps him overcome the obstacles on the path. The path is strewn with many obstacles, so you can't let one obstacle stop you. You have many obstacles to overcome, so you must gain strength as you walk the path.
Even though at times you feel very tired and depleted, so tired that you feel you can't go on, even then, remember cleanliness, remember the purification that has already happened. Remember that austerity is good. It is the real fire that will burn the impurities and obstacles. Do not let yourself become completely exhausted. Without austerity, it is easy to give in to temptations and fall back on the indulgences that are so much a part of the lower self and the world of sense objects. So a yogi, a seeker, must always remember to ascent higher and higher. There should be nothing in the closet to revert to. Many people think if they put their bad habits in the closet, somehow no one will see them. Then, if they really want to indulge themselves, they can. But it's better to keep the closet clean.
Austerity has the power to mold a person into a sturdy vessel capable of holding the immense energy of yoga. This energy, this shakti, is very strong. In order to hold it, your need a strong body, a strong vessel. To sum it up, every part of your being profits from austerity, which curbs the appetites and purifies the will.
Well, the sages say, if you want to realize the purpose of human birth and enter the abode of supreme bliss, then you have to change your view on life. It's that simple - you have to change. Much of your life has been created from your unlimited supply of negative concepts. Purify them. Give your ,mind a break. Have you ever thought about it? Have you ever considered what your mind must think about you? Give your mind a break avery now and then. It wants to be free from your clutches.
Consciousness is the very nature of the mind, and Consciousness is totally free and steady at the smae time. So let the mind become still; it wants to become still and savor its own elixer. Let it eb. Don't drag it off to go shopping with you. Let the mind become sserenc; then a fountain od joy will flow within you. When a meditator learns to strengthen the mind and the heart by invoking the presence of contentment within he drinks from that fountain of joy.
(p.31)
Consciousness is the very nature of the mind, and Consciousness is totally free and steady at the smae time. So let the mind become still; it wants to become still and savor its own elixer. Let it eb. Don't drag it off to go shopping with you. Let the mind become sserenc; then a fountain od joy will flow within you. When a meditator learns to strengthen the mind and the heart by invoking the presence of contentment within he drinks from that fountain of joy.
(p.31)
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