“Don’t love only your fellow humans. Love everyone and everything equally. All things are your fellow beings, not only humans. By loving everything you are really loving yourself. Everything is nothing but the expression of yourself. If you stand in front of a mirror, you love that reflection. You smile at it and it smilesContinue reading “Reading from Class: (Self-) love and equanimity by Sri Swami Satchidananda”
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Readings From Class: ahimsa inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
With a theme of ahimsa for January and in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his life’s work of peace and love for all, I’ve been sharing the following over the last few weeks: “Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becomingContinue reading “Readings From Class: ahimsa inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Reading From Class: Ajahn Sumedho’s wise words revisited
“To practice we must start exactly where we are. Of course, we can always imagine perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone else should behave. But it’s not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it is and to learn from the world as it is. For theContinue reading “Reading From Class: Ajahn Sumedho’s wise words revisited”
Reading from Class: My New Year’s Wish to you All!!
This is a special reading I’ve been sharing at the start of each year for the last few years. I share an abridged version. From the bottom of my heart, here is the full show: Untitled by Sandra Sturtz Hauss: May you find serenity and tranquillity in a world you may not always understand.Continue reading “Reading from Class: My New Year’s Wish to you All!!”
Christmas Wish and Reading from Class:
“I would like to pass on one little bit of advice I give to everyone. Relax. Just relax. Be nice to each other. As you go through your life simply be kind to people. Try to help them rather than hurt them. Try to get along with them rather than fall out with them. WithContinue reading “Christmas Wish and Reading from Class:”
Reading from Class: Humility and Gratitude
“Humility and gratitude go hand in hand. The feeling of gratitude is an interaction between the mind and the body. Both will benefit from it. Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn, to be grateful for what we receive day by day, simply toContinue reading “Reading from Class: Humility and Gratitude”
Readings: Tarthang on inner nature
Taken from Georg Feuerstein’s Yoga Gems: “When our inner nature is truly free, we find within ourselves a wealth of treasure: love, joy, and peace of mind. We can appreciate the beauty of life, taking each experience as it comes, opening our hearts to it, and fully enjoying it. Realizing these qualities within ourselves isContinue reading “Readings: Tarthang on inner nature”
Readings: Rolf Gates
Very popular reading from his book Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga: “The obstacles in our path are the path. Every time we stretch beyond our resistance and our fear, we make a choice for life. And every time we choose life, fear loses its grip on us. We allContinue reading “Readings: Rolf Gates”