The question may be; why would I want to change? Well that is a good question, why indeed would one want to change?
Some people seem to get into trouble, some people seem to get into great difficulties although this is nothing unusual is it? We live apparently in a time when we have super technologies and medical sciences at our beck and call. BUT - we seem to find that more people than ever get into all kinds of trouble.
One of the explanations for this is that the world has become so materialistic that 'we' as humans no longer have any 'inner connection' to ourselves or the planet. The problems are blamed on lack of religion or spiriuality and discipline by the various religions around the world. They are also blamed on poor living conditions in the case of the poor, and on too much of everything material for the wealthy, by the politicians. Lack of family and/or lack of responsibility plus nobody cares about anything or anybody etc, etc.
Stress is nothing new really is it? We have always been stressed. Imagine living in medieval times or even in Victorian times! So what is the problem? Well in a sense there is no problem. Perhaps if you stop listening to all the bad news and stop watching so much crap TV for a month or 2, if you do that, you may find that life isn't too bad. What about giving up work and getting a smaller house or moving out of London? What about doing something about it in other words? Yea I know . . . . . . :)
Then we are faced with another problem; where do we start? The 'Grumpy' series on TV really epitomises it all for me. Moaning and groaning about everything. If you haven't seen it you should watch it, or Eastenders. It's all done as a bit of a joke but you kind of know what they mean and you don't have be too old either. There is no escape from it all and If you see it that way life really is a drag. But there is always the 'holiday' if you have the money, or ???
Not looking good is it all this recession and doom and gloom coming at us from all directions. Help!!
Why is it that if we take a drug such as a painkiller or a sleeping pill it affects us? It makes the pain go away or helps us go to sleep. This is because we have receptor sites within our body that allow these synthetic drugs to attach to our physiology and change us, or more precisely our body chemistry, for better or for worse. We are basically electrical impulses (thoughts) leading to chemical responses (hormones etc), which create a change in our blood chemistry leading to a change in our brain chemistry and on and on. If we keep putting negative input in we get a negative effect on the nervous system triggering the appropriate chemical hormones to shape the felt reality that we are creating, or in this case mis-creating.
Blah de blah blah blah, You know I could go on and on about this all day . . . . . . . .
We know the problems, what about some answers?
'Sit still - Shut up - Keep still - breathe in and out - then breathe in and out some more - then keep still and shut up a bit more. If you don't want to do that don't and go try something else. Of course do all of this with the greatest love and respect for yourself and others.'
If you can't sit still then you are in a right old mess and you had better do something about it quick. You could do some postures, or you could watch the telly and try to forget about everything. Or you could try and do some postures again, and again and again, until you start to breathe a bit deeper in calm regular rhythm. Aha! Something is happening just hang on in there a bit longer. Whoaa it's all gone a bit funny I feel dizzy. Hmmm I need to sit down and relax. Ahhhh Hmmmm Ahhh Hmmm MMm I feel a bit better now a bit more relaxed. Now what was it I was upset about earlier, oh yea. Hmmm I think I might need to do a few more postures. . . . .
This is more or less the yoga journey in microcosm. . . . . . . . Enjoy it :) or not :(
Aaaauuuuummmmm
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