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November 2009 
Tuesday Sept.1 "No Effort is Ever Wasted"
Posted on Sep 1st, 2009
by 
Sanieh
Sanieh
(photo: In Kerala, India March 2009...such a kind yet powerful creature...please note that they are considerably kind (they worship them) to Elephants in India than in the US... the chains are there to keep Ganesha grounded as means of safety...))
...This is what the Bhagavad Gita teaches us (which was one of 3 possessions Gandhi owned at the time of his death if I remember correctly).
I forgot this for a moment today when I stopped and brought my entire energies back into my own noisy internal world as I decided that "taking a nap" to escape what's real and dwell in what's only "mind stuff" was the answer. Yoga teaches us that it's OK to stop, it's OK to fall and it's OK to shut down for a moment.... so long as we can step outside of ourselves in terms of this body and this thinker and remember that whatever it is that brings us to this place is not what defines our essence. I have a permanent reminder that I am not what I feel or think and that yesterday is gone, tomorrow is an illusion and that today, the PRESENT, is where I need to be and keep my energies. It's OK to feel... it's not ok to define ourselves what what we feel or think. The only thing permanent is impermanence.
Just like venturing into arm balances on the mat, Even when we fall, we first had to take a step and for some, we even jumped. As a RESULT of movement rather than being STATIC, we fell. With bringing yoga to every aspect of our lives we see this more clearly over time and we get up faster, become more forgiving and patience with ourselves and as a result, with other people and the world around us.
On an entirely different level than you intended with your email, Thanks Keith W., for the angelic and auspicious reminder that I needed today.
"On this Path no effort is ever wasted, no gain is ever reversed" - Bhagavad Gita lovelovelove,
sanieh
http://www.saniehyoga.com/
www.twitter.com/saniehyoga
www.facebook.com/saniehyoga
...This is what the Bhagavad Gita teaches us (which was one of 3 possessions Gandhi owned at the time of his death if I remember correctly).
I forgot this for a moment today when I stopped and brought my entire energies back into my own noisy internal world as I decided that "taking a nap" to escape what's real and dwell in what's only "mind stuff" was the answer. Yoga teaches us that it's OK to stop, it's OK to fall and it's OK to shut down for a moment.... so long as we can step outside of ourselves in terms of this body and this thinker and remember that whatever it is that brings us to this place is not what defines our essence. I have a permanent reminder that I am not what I feel or think and that yesterday is gone, tomorrow is an illusion and that today, the PRESENT, is where I need to be and keep my energies. It's OK to feel... it's not ok to define ourselves what what we feel or think. The only thing permanent is impermanence.
Just like venturing into arm balances on the mat, Even when we fall, we first had to take a step and for some, we even jumped. As a RESULT of movement rather than being STATIC, we fell. With bringing yoga to every aspect of our lives we see this more clearly over time and we get up faster, become more forgiving and patience with ourselves and as a result, with other people and the world around us.
On an entirely different level than you intended with your email, Thanks Keith W., for the angelic and auspicious reminder that I needed today.
"On this Path no effort is ever wasted, no gain is ever reversed" - Bhagavad Gita lovelovelove,
sanieh
http://www.saniehyoga.com/
www.twitter.com/saniehyoga
www.facebook.com/saniehyoga
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