There is so much drama isn't there?

There is so much to focus on that is wrong.

Why don't you stop doing that?

Why don't you get a grip on yourself?

You are.

You exist.

Right here and now you have a choice.

Sometimes it seems hard, there's no doubt about that.

It is when it seems to get hard that you have to surrender more.

What do you 'need' to do?

What do you 'want' to do?

Conflict is created in the mind by having so many choices.

If you can relax - you will be more likely to choose what is right for you.

If it's right for you, in a deep connected way, then it is right for everybody.

Take responsibility!

stop listening to yourself

Stop hearing and start listening to yourself.

Do you know the difference?

The chattering monkey mind blathers on and on. It tells us all sorts of things. Some of the things it tells us are not based in any form of grounded reality whatsoever, and much of what it says is based on the past.

The past is gone.

Listen to yourself.

Listen to how you talk to yourself and you will soon become more clear on why your life is the way it is.

Pranayama will help you to wake up!

every day counts

When each day begins.

What do you do?

Do you think about things?

I do.

That's what we do.

We've been doing it for so long now

It's become a habit.

Habits can be broken.

Change begins whenever you want it to.

Do some practice every day.

Asana - Pranayama - Meditation.

Om

Fascinated by the mind stuff..........

Unless you're careful you can live in an hypnotic trance for years, in some cases all your life.

It's a terrible thing to say but it's true.

How do you wake up out of the trance/dream?
It ain't easy.
But] It's doable.

What is life for? Do you ever wonder?

To be happy? To be free? To be rich? To be loved?

None of this............

To be you.

It's not easy to admit you're an idiot, but it helps sometimes.

I'm so aware of nothing.
I'm so enraptured by ideas of who I think I am.
I'm so captivated by my own thoughts.

And all the while I miss my life ..........

Rising up.

I saw a film recently called 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The Paul Newman character, is an alcoholic. He says he drinks until he feels the click in his head, and then it gets peaceful.

I  sometimes think there is an invisible line we cross, a kind of parallel line that exists, that we have to rise above to feel the click of peace. Below the line we are captivated by our 'stuff', we are submerged, and weighed down by our conditioned mind.

Pranayama and Asana practice helps to remove the obstacles to peace.

What are the obstacles to peace?

Our conditioned reality.

When we do a yoga class, we are maybe not aware of it, but at some point during it the click occurs, and we rise above our problems. Or at the very least, our problems come into clearer perspective, and we feel better.

Problems are what exactly, something we have let get the better of us? It can be anything from a cloudy sky to the death of our beloved. There is an order of intensity between these two imaginary problems, but to a certain extent, it is not the problem, or whatever you want to call it, but the way we react to it, and/or are affected by it that is the point.

Yoga can help, but only if you can overcome your inertia/resistance to doing it.

Yoga is a technology for awakening.

Use the Asana's to wake up.

As you sit around, or whatever you do, and try to work out who you are and what you are supposed to be doing, you are not seeing the power of practicing.
You would rather get drunk and/or stoned and try to forget about it. But you can't. The next thing to do is blame somebody or thing, neighbours, work colleagues, members of the family, the government, anybody will do. It's not that some of these targets for your blaming are perfect and not at fault, it's just that blaming them doesn't really help you, does it?

So forget about 'them' out there, or the tiredness that dogs you, or the problems that you have that are so unique, and do something about it.

What?

Practice, that's what!

Do it or don't.

Your life, and your problems are yours to deal with.

OM

important.

Have you noticed that when you tell people you do or teach yoga they ask, what type of yoga?

There are lots of different types of Yoga, lots of different variations on a theme. I suppose it's okay, as long as you know what you're doing with them.

Have you noticed how every Guru, or Yogic authority, has there own idea about what should and what should not be done in Yoga?

They can't all be right.
On the other hand.
They can't all be wrong either.

So what do we do?

Who do we believe?

What is the goal, what is Samadhi?

I suppose for us mere mortals, feeling good is enough. If we do practices and feel good, that's enough in itself. If you feel good you are more likely to have a better life. You will enjoy yourself more, and you will probably be a better person for it.

A better person?

Better than what?

On man's meat is another man's poison.

Who do we believe?
Who can show us the way?

One thing that most Yoga Guru's and teachers agree upon, is to look within.
When we use the Yogic technologies we are waking up dormant areas of the mind/brain. We are waking up. We are increasing intelligence. I believe this.

What you do with the information is based upon your karmic predisposition towards life. Your biases and conditioning will take you on detours and variations, but enjoy it, until you don't anymore. Then move on.

 All is well.