Die trying.

I re-read the end of my last post.

'Work hard to be happy or die trying.'

We are tyrannised by our own mind - do you realise that?

We think good and positive things, oh yea, why? To counteract the negative things?

Escapism is escapism, whatever form it takes.

You think, this is true.
We all think, this is true.
We have to think, this is also true.

Do we have control over what we think about?

What we think affects the way we feel, true?

Conditioned thinking leads to conditioned behaviour.

We want to be happy? Do we? Then why are we so unhappy? Is it an existential given that we, as humans, should struggle for happiness?

The choices we make, lead to consequences. This is known as Karma.

If you do thirty rounds of sun salutation, and can quote the Yoga Sutras backwards standing on your head, do you think it makes you a better person?

What is life about, becomes, what is 'my' life about?

Your life is a work of art. Start creating and stop wasting your time escaping.

Do yoga or not..........

:)

 

Guru.

The word Guru, means 'weighty one' and 'light bringer' is another.

But what's in a name. A Guru's job is to tell you, you are doing it wrong. Whatever it is.

Have you noticed that?

Do we 'not' have a thing as intelligence? Do we not have a thing called intelligence that is inherent in all of us?

Of course we do.

How do we get in touch with it?

Until we stop investing energy in trying to be something or somebody, and just accept ourselves the way we happen to be, we will never find out true nature.

Relax.

Why do you struggle? What is the point? We are all going to die. We are all going to move on from this plane to another. Even if that 'other' is nothing for all eternity.

Why are you miserable?

Look within and you may see the cause of your suffering.

Let it go.

At this point in time, with so much on offer in the way of advice on health and healing and right living, I think we can at least surmise that the past has somehow affected our ability to be happy.

Yoga practices can wake up the dormant energies and bring you back to life.

Analogy; If you have been taking tranquilisers and/or painkillers all of your life and you stop suddenly, you will feel a lot of pain. So, you will more than likely continue to take the painkillers, it seems easier.

This is the short term solution, and is commonly known as denial.

We have all, to a certain extent employed various means to protect ourselves from the harsh realities of living in this world. But when these behaviours and habits compromise our well being, we need to take a reality check.

Yoga is hard, but so is life. (I Think).

If you think life is easy, leave a comment and tell us how to do it.

Work hard to be happy.

Or die trying. 

If you're not happy .....

If you are not happy, then you really should be looking at the reason why.

There is this thing called denial. It's very subtle. It's the part of you that likes things to stay the way they are.

It can seem as if one part of you wants to change, and another doesn't.

You have been hypnotised. And you are continuing to hypnotise yourself.

Denial is strong.

Are you happy?

That's it. That's the only question you need to ask.

If you are unhappy, there's a reason.

Check yourself out.

Are you fit?
Are you healthy?
Do you feel good?

Who's responsibility is your life? Ask the person looking back at you from the mirror.

Insanity is prevalent now, and it's accepted as normal behaviour.

For example; Working a job you hate, and getting stoned and smashed on the weekend. Then going back to the work you hate on Monday feeling like shit.

Is that sanity? No, but it's so what people do. If enough of them do it, it seems normal.

You would be better off perhaps looking at what you can do about your dreadful life situation. That may make you uncomfortable, and that is the last thing you want to be.

Wake up.

Up and/or Down

Stop trying to get away from your life.
Stop going on a metaphorical holiday every five minutes.
Stay still, stay where you are and change what you think you need to get away from - from the inside.

You are you, aren't you?

Are you you, or not?

If you are not you, then who are you? And if you are you, then what are you doing about it?

Who were you before you were born?

What is happiness?

What is misery?

What creates either of these states?

What you think about has a 'real' impact on the nervous system.
Your body cannot tell what is real and what is not. So when you worry - when you project images of helplessness, fear, and anxiety into your body, via your mind - you are sending a very negative message to yourself.

Why do you do it?

You do it because you have always done it. You don't know any better. This is the reason you need to escape from yourself, via nefarious means, drugs, booze, etc.

Sad ................

You have everything you require inside you. You have the chemistry set inside of you, you just need to know the experiments to perform to get the required results.

For example if you like speed, just think of something that will make you anxious, your heart rate will go up, and you will be speeding. Doh! I know it's not that simple, but you know what I mean, right?

Wake up fool.

You are or you ain't.

I stumbled upon Yoga one day, almost by accident. When I tried it, I didn't think it was a big deal really. I had a teacher that talked too much, and had a big ego. I always enjoyed breathing though. That made me feel good. And feeling good, was what I wanted, always had done.
Eventually I discovered another teacher, he had a big ego too. He had his own Yoga centre, and other people went to it. It was more interesting there. He did lots of breathing, I felt good. But I still wasn't convinced.
Then I got very ill, and was in and out of hospital for a year. At the end of my treatment I was very frail. I went to Yoga. It made me feel better. I liked feeling better, and continued to go, and continued to get better. I was hooked.
After two or three years, my big ego Yoga teacher suggested I do the training. I did.

I didn't sit down one day and decide I wanted to be a Yoga teacher. I became one because I kept putting one foot in front of the other. Some days I felt so bad, I wanted to die. But I went to Yoga, because I knew it would make me feel better. My judgements about my teacher were mine to deal with. Who's perfect?
I'm very grateful to all of my teachers. Just for doing what they did. They, like me, probably have no idea most of the time how much impact they have on certain individuals when they do what they do.

Turn up and practice.

Get real about it.

What do you think you're doing now?

Why can't you do Yoga everyday?

Or, more to the point, why don't you want to do Yoga everyday?

Can't? Don't want to? Too tired? Too busy?

Get a grip!

If you don't want to do it - don't, go way and do something else.

If you are going to do it, then do it, and shut up complaining.

What do you think you're doing? Do you think it's all pink fairies and butterflies?
The things that you've gone through in your life have had an impact on your nervous system. The way you think, and the way you have been shaped have been caused by your life so far. Stop moaning about it and do something.

If you are unwilling to change, then don't, no one is forcing you. Who do you think wants to listen to your endless complaining, about the economy, the weather, how unfair it all is - we already know that thank you.

Have some respect for yourself and the people around you by keeping your mouth shut for once.

Listen. Breathe. Feel your heartbeat. Breathe more, and deeper.

If you want to drink and smoke and eat shit, feel free, no one is stopping you.

Some Yoga centers have a vested interest in talking rubbish, they need your money.

We don't.

OM

Asana Practice.

Asana practice is a specific dynamic designed to awaken psycho emotional conditioning for release.

Wilhelm Reich, as a scientist in the forties, identified chronic muscular tension in the body. He called it 'muscular armouring' and was the first person based in a psychologically oriented science, as far as I'm aware, that identified this phenomenon.

Chronic muscular armour is part of the mind/body dillema. If there is unacknowledged tension underlying the movements of the body/mind, there cannot be freedom.

This is why psychotherapy alone is limited, in my opinion, and such a long drawn out affair.

Asana's must be done correctly though, and it is worth time learning to do them properly, rather than throwing yourself around, and sweating your arse of, injuring yourself, and wasting time, in a class taught by someone that does not practice themselves, and needs the money.. You might as well go to a bodypump class or something.

There is a big difference between getting high and getting real........

If you want to wake up - get real.

You can go to any number of retreats, workshops, events etc, that will get you high for a while, but the long term investment in an ongoing committed practice will fulfill you on a daily basis, negating any need to escape anymore.

Hari Om to that..........