The Truth will/can/maybe set you free?

The truth - now that is something isn't it - what is it?

We are (all of us) made up from sub atomic particles - atoms - molecules - organs - muscles - etc.
We call this the physical layer of reality and feelings are associated with this layer, (annamaya kosha).

FEELINGS are good!

If we don't like the way we feel we generally escape from it and go into our HEAD.

The mind is a very fascinating thing - how can we define the mind? Certain people have taken the mind apart and examined it in the minutest detail - defining imaginary compartments such as the id - the ego - the super ego, etc and much more of course besides. But still we have to deal with our mind on a day to day second to second basis for ALL of our lives - so it would behove us to take a little more responsibility for it - would it not?

To keep it really simple I would say that - what we tend to think about - affects our outlook - and perspective on - the so called outside world.

So from a chicken and egg perspective - is it the mind and what we tend to think about that creates feeling reality - or the other way around - and does it matter?

"I think therefore I am." Descartes said this hundreds of years ago! Did anyone listen?

So we have the mind (manomaya kosha) and we have the body - and in a sense our mind is carried around in our body.

If you have been imprinted in childhood with negative scripts you will (probably) have a tendency towards a negative or pessimistic out look on life - but I am certain that there are exceptions to the rule.

According to what I understand YOGA can (if you do enough of it) - make you aware of your tendencies towards a negative, or, inappropriately, positive, script. And, accordingly, once you have this information (which isn't that hard to get, if you are prepared to look for it) you can then work from a more subjectively authentic place from the inside. In other words you will no longer be in denial about yourself and your values, habits, addictions, etc, etc. Which to begin with can be a little challenging, but it may also be the thing that will inspire you to take the practice a little more seriously as a tool for deeper enquiry - rather than another habit that you have formed to keep you away from yourself. Oh yes this can and is happening now all over the place!

"Inviting and exciting me" Across the Universe. John Lennon.

Get real and get a life!