Friends

I love my friends. Why? Because they reflect back to me the best parts of my Self. Even the parts of my Self I can't/won't/don't see.

awesome - this life we live.

thank you.

Need to know basis

The age of reason. Being reasonable. If we can only reason with them... There must be a reason. Everything happens for a reason.

Growing up in the age of reason, we need to make sense out of things. Justify choices. Make pro and con lists and let reason decide what is best for us.

Maybe one of the "reasons" we have trouble committing, is because we have given our power over to reason. The higher the stakes, the more fear, the more we want reason- guaranteed results. Stacking the odds in our favor. What is that if not a fear-based approach? And yet, as we enter into the Age of Enlightenment, our wiring is recognizing the fact that there are other, possibly "higher" faculties and factors at play. Maybe the difficulty we have in committing, is because we are torn between reason and intuition.

When we really listen to our inner voice, gut, heart, when have we been wrong?

And at some point, we need to surrender our need to know why. The need to make sense. We surrender our need to reason as our first response. As we surrender our need to reason, we begin to trust our intuitive faculties more. The connection to the divine becomes more "real." It becomes easier to commit to what is "right" for us, which leads to a life of less stress, least fear, less doubt, more joy, more inner peace and satisfaction.

Commitment

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Willing 2

Sometimes we know the answer and we want it to be something else. Bummer, right? The only thing that stands between ourselves and change is ourselves. Another bummer.

But not really. Because our willingness is something we can actually control. If we are willing to even consider the change that will make our lives better, that is awesome. If we don't have the will, so be it. But it is totally possible to cultivate that will and move beyond our present set of circumstances.

So if we are willing to focus on what we can change, which is our point of view, our thoughts, our actions, we can change our relationship to our life. Which in fact, is changing our life because we begin to live differently.

Willingness

sometimes it all boils down to what we are willing to do. n that case, what we are willing to do is what we are capable of. So when we work on strengthening our "will," that is what we are strengthening. Getting more umpff, more power, behind what we are willing to do.

now that begs the next question -- what exactly ARE we willing to do???

New Math + New Day = new math today

Tension plus tension equals more tension. Which us fine, if we get a bigger release. But what about tension that just accumulates? That's what sucks. When we endure tension without the payoff. Or the payoff isn't worth the amount of tension we endured. At that point, we must get real with our big, bad selves and stop the tension. Because at some point, we need to get out of that abusive situation, whether its at work, a partner , or even with an aspect if our selves.

Here's where I get to go all yoga teacher on you. When you feel neck and shoulder tension in a yoga pose, in all my years of practicing and teaching, not once have I seen someone hold a pose long enough for that tension to release. So if you aren't willing to go all the way with yourselves and bring yourself to the finish line (do I really need to spell it out?), then you must stop the tension. That means- stop the tension. Which means change something. In the case of yoga, change your position so you don't feel tension in that already tension laden area. Go off the page and find a placement for your head, arm, whatever, that doesn't aggravate your area of irritation. I don't care if your yoga teacher doesn't know what to do with you (i mean, how dare you do something other than what I'm telling you to do), you are the one that has to live in your body, not them. And btw- this also goes the other way- a teacher can suggest approach for you to try, hoping to help you find something that might help, and you choose to stick with what you know. Either way, it's on you, so commit to seeing yourself as an experiment and figure out what really works for you, whether it aligns with the current trends or not. That's yoga. Alignment with your Self.

And the more in alignment with your Self you are, the less tension you will have. So who you gonna call? Ghostbusters? or your Self? And that's the end of this discourse on higher math.

:)

New Math

A+A=2A

Tension + Tension = more Tension

Just sayin...

Seems obvious. But is it? We say we want to be tension-free, but do we really? Without tension there would be no spy novels, no theater, no art, no emotional music, no orgasm. Etc... We love tension for the release. We love that release. And sometimes the more tension we accumulate, the bigger the release, the better we feel. Of course, that feeling is usually temporary. Sing with me "you've lost that lovin' feeling... And it's gone, gone, gone, whoa oh oh oh"

We get addicted to that loving feeling, and because we associate release with tension, we seek tension. We pick fights to be able to scream. We starve ourselves to over eat. We cry to feel better. And there is nothing wrong with all that. Nothing wrong with wanting that lovin feeling. But maybe we are looking for live in all the wrong places...

How does this relate to math? Wait for it. Wait for it. (I'm creating tension. Setting up an expectation that if I don't live up to, you won't get the lovin feeling that you thought should follow the degree of anticipation, tension, that you've endured, only to end up disappointed and unfulfilled. So wait for it...