If you hear someone tell you that yoga is easy, they cannot be doing it properly!
Of course this is my opinion based on many years of struggle. The struggle I have had, I must admit, stems from my own ignorance.
Life is a mystery, it really is!
How can we possibly know what is waiting around the corner?
One of the existential facts of life, is that underneath our apparent knowing there is a chasm of meaninglessness. 'WE' that is I, me, you and everybody with half a brain has to find meaning.
It seems to go something like this;
A desire to be released from Ignorance - leads to experimentation and confusion.
Leading to deeper enquiry and possibly even more confusion.
In despair a 'need' to belong or believe in some thing may arise.
Leading to a tendency to join a group or religion or some thing.
Leading, (sometimes) to more confusion.
And then, ultimately, (if we are lucky or unlucky depending on how you see things).
We may end up.
Living in the mystery.
And not only that!
Actually enjoying it too.
Now obviously the above is a rough outline of one possible evolving scenario. But the important thing is that YOGA, at some point along the way, may help with this ongoing journey. It is like a lifeline that you can rely on more and more as you continue to practice.
An old esoteric maxim is; 'The journey is the goal.'
Do it or don't do it, there is nothing else.
Of course this is my opinion based on many years of struggle. The struggle I have had, I must admit, stems from my own ignorance.
Life is a mystery, it really is!
How can we possibly know what is waiting around the corner?
One of the existential facts of life, is that underneath our apparent knowing there is a chasm of meaninglessness. 'WE' that is I, me, you and everybody with half a brain has to find meaning.
It seems to go something like this;
A desire to be released from Ignorance - leads to experimentation and confusion.
Leading to deeper enquiry and possibly even more confusion.
In despair a 'need' to belong or believe in some thing may arise.
Leading to a tendency to join a group or religion or some thing.
Leading, (sometimes) to more confusion.
And then, ultimately, (if we are lucky or unlucky depending on how you see things).
We may end up.
Living in the mystery.
And not only that!
Actually enjoying it too.
Now obviously the above is a rough outline of one possible evolving scenario. But the important thing is that YOGA, at some point along the way, may help with this ongoing journey. It is like a lifeline that you can rely on more and more as you continue to practice.
An old esoteric maxim is; 'The journey is the goal.'
Do it or don't do it, there is nothing else.
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