Saturday, March 1, 2014

Awake to awakening

Patanjali's Yoga sutra 1 says "now, therefore, the complete instruction of yoga." The "therefore" implies that something has come before and the student is now ready. This is the moment of awakening. The student is ready for more. The student is ready to see in a new way. How many moments of awakening do we have in one day? How many times do we close the door to awakening, saying, "I don't want to know. I don't want to deal with that. I don't want to understand. I just done want it." Sometimes, we don't think we have time for change. Sometimes we like things the way they are. And at that moment when we are ready for more, "now, therefore, the complete instruction of yoga." Yoga begins. Again.

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