"To discover an Outer World, we must first recognize and establish some sort of a relationship with our Inner World. The key is development of sustained concentration." - coach ilg
above; WF Teacher Ananda sustains her concentration during vinyasa in 28-degree weather. the yogi must work hard to keep chipping away at overcoming Duality. a wise starting place is to develop even-mindedness during intense heat and cold. look for Ananda's new Teaching this week on the HP Yoga approach to 'Chaturanga' in her new Blog; The Joyful Breath:
Dear Coach,
you puzzle me. you jump from kickass hard core training like in your PROP DVD and all your racing to talking about God and all sorts of spiritual stuff that i just don't get. i have been trying to read the "Yoga Sutras' because of your TBT book, but i don't understand ANYTHING those cats are talking about and i am not sure that i even want to! all this stuff about Divine Will and that the "Outer World is only an illusion,' etc. I don't even understand what you mean when you talk about the "Outer World." and this bit about using fitness to "Strengthen our filaments of Consciousness for the Bardo" HUH?!?! Excuse me?
anyway, you got me thinking but i can't share ANY of your stuff with my training partners, they would think i am NUTS!
not really your "Student" greg
Namaste Noble Seeker G!
thank you for writing and sorry i took so long to get back to you. i have to prioritize, to be fair, my Active Online Students and Sunrider Herbal Warriors before answering "fan" mail, however, i always do my best answer ANY Knock upon my humble Temple...so, thank you for your Patience.
first; don't live your life for the opinions of others. promise yourself that much, okay?
to discover an Outer World, we must first recognize and establish some sort of a relationship with our Inner World. the Outer World is the world of changing forms (thus, it is termed by yogis as 'illusory'...now it's there, now it's not!).
this Spring, the snows which fell upon the Sacred Peak this week will melt. in time, Shiva (the Destructive guna of the universe) will even wither away or erupt the Sacred Peak into something else. not even Mountains live forever. such are the Ways of the Outer World.
the Inner World is beyond the reach of all this coming and going and is termed Atma or the "Self" by yogis. the challenge in understanding this is...
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