Get upset......

As we come to terms with the fact that we are conditioned by our past it becomes very interesting. It becomes interesting because sooner or later we start to realise that anything we are conditioned to do can be un-done. Of course then it depends how much time you have to do the undoing and how much energy you need to keep going. But that doesn't matter too much.

Because .......

During practise whether in Asana or meditation ( asana is a moving mediation) we begin to see our limits, i.e the point where we start to become reactive. For example in a certain posture we may get tired then we may get tense and irritated with the teacher etc. 'Hmmm is this a projection?', we think. Indeed, unless you have decided that your yoga teacher is an idiot then it is more than likely to be a projection. Otherwise you might need to ask yourself why you are going to a yoga class taught by an idiot!

It does eventually start to get quite funny, here you are again in another yoga class, why? What is it you get from these classes which you know up side down and inside out three times over, why/why not?

The human brain has dragged it's way from the primordial slime to the present, evolving and expanding over millions of years, and here we are at the pinnacle of evolution. Given this information it's strange that we should spend so much time worrying about everything isn't it?

Someone must have realised many years ago that there was more to life than the struggle to survive, hence we have art. As we have moved more and more into the future we have changed our survival mode techniques slightly. We no longer need to worry about sabre toothed tigers, we have other more complex concerns. But what are they?

We eat and sleep and work etc, what more is there than this, anything? Of course it could mean that there is an inherent need to worry built into the hard-wiring of the brain, and that as we evolve we develop more complex thing to worry about.

I'm not saying that global warming isn't real, but don't you think it's funny we didn't know about it while we had the USSR to worry about? I'm just teasing......... of course it's real, isn't it?

The real question is, whether you live to be 100 years old or only have a short time left, are you doing what you love, and if not why not? This isn't a trick question you may have a need to be doing something that you don't love in order to serve your long term goal. There is no right or wrong in a sense when it comes to personal karma, you do what you do, don't you?

The old saying- 'it's not what you do it's that way that you do it', is very applicable now you are a super yogi. You can do those difficult postures with a little more equanimity now, those jobs you hated to do but had to do are a little more bearable now, aren't they?

'If nothing changes it''ll all stay the same'. Ancient proverb.

'the one thing human beings hate is change, the second thing they hate is when things stay the same'. Alfred. E.

Try an experiment, get yourself very relaxed by doing some practise and then see how quickly you can get upset.

Once you have become completely upset, see how long it takes to get calm again.

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