Getting High
The truth is, all anyone wants is a look over the fence to the other side. When you set out to get high, you just want to feel good. You want to feel something more than what you're getting as you go through the day to day life.
How To Digest A Problem
All problems are finite because they relate to the finite world of this and that. When you close the eyes and breathe slowly and deeply, you have an opportunity to induce the infinite vastness of your spirit. The breath is a charge of life (prana) and it is the connection with the infinite part of you.
Stop and Go
I often tell classes when I have them in a rest period, to drop all tension from the previous exercise. What happens after a tough pose or movement is that the mind wants to stay ready so the student keeps the body tense in anticipation of another tough exercise. When you're done with something, an action, a job, an exercise, then you should drop everything associated with it and become neutral. There's a time for action and a time for rest. The applies to everything in life. The mind is, in part infinite and we often carry around much more than we need anticipating the next tough thing in our lives.
Sideways People
The first question that came to mind was, "Why are there some people that really bug the shit out of me?" The answer that came was like an impulse and the thrust of that impulse was the idea: "Sideways." I let that float around me-- not thinking but feeling it and a rush of understanding came in. People who are in your life on a regular basis that bug you for no apparent reason whenever you come into contact with them are "Sideways People."
Stopping The Mind
"In Kundalini Yoga you are given a perfect key for the lock of consciousness. The incessant intellect acts like a file that rubs off the levers from the key. Intellectualizing…
Being Who You Are
"The Privilege of a lifetime is being who you truly are." -- Joseph Campbell It's interesting to think about this from a yogic perspective because in yoga we think of…
Relationships
Relationships are about making the other person feel good. I learned this recently from my teacher, Harijiwan. It's really brilliant when you stop to think about it. How many times…
Spiritual Food
The other night I was reading this meditation pamphlet by Elsie Sechrist I had bought several years ago at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz. It's been on my…
Drop Your Fears
"You can never get rid of fear, you can only drop it." -- Yogi Bhajan
Life Is A Wave of Challenges
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or as…