PEACE LOVE YOGA

Burnt To Ash

"All Inquiry is meant for one purpose; to take you experientially into the unknown as efficiently as possible. Once you get there, simply be still because inquiry has delivered you to its destination. The rest is up to Grace. Do not hold onto any knowledge that comes your way. Even the greatest revelations much not be clung to, or you will end up with a head full of memories and a heart empty of substance. The truth is ever new, existing only in the now. The highest truth is beyond knowledge and experience. It is beyond time and space, and beyond beingness, consciousness, and oneness. Just remember that all direct path techniques are meant simply to undermine, to cut away, the one who is performing them. No matter what spiritual path you've walked or what teachings you've followed, they must lead you back to no path and no teaching. A true teaching is like a blazing fire that consumes the itself. The teaching must not only consume you, but consume itself as well. All must be burned to ash, and then the ash must be burned. The, and only then, is the Ultimate realized. True Enlightenment destroys enlightenment. As long as you can refer back to yourself and say, 'I'm enlightened', you not. Enlightenment is authentic only when there is no one left to be enlightened. Even to say 'I am nobody', is one too many. There's a point when you intuitively realize that to be Free you have to give up your attachment to Freedom. You have to quit asking yourself: Is it still there? Am I okay? You have to decide to never look over your shoulder again to see if you're free or if others know you're free. You just have to let yourself burn there - no matter what. This isn't something I can help you with. I can tell you what you need to do, but you have to do it. In the beginning, teachers can help a lot. But the deeper you go, all they can do is point, and clarify, and tell you what you need to do. Only you can take this step. Nobody can push you in to this place."

- Adyashanti

No Expectations

A spirit that lives in this world

and does not wear the shirt of love,

such an existence is a deep disgrace.

Be foolishly in love,

because love is all there is.

There is no way into presence

except through a love exchange.

If someone asks, But what is love?

answer, Dissolving the will.

True freedom comes to those

who have escaped the questions

of freewill and fate.

Love is an emperor.

The two worlds play across him.

He barely notices their tumbling game.

Love and lover live in eternity.

Other desires are substitutes

for that way of being.

How long do you lay embracing a corpse?

Love rather the soul, which cannot be held.

Anything born in spring dies in the fall,

but love is not seasonal.

With wine pressed from grapes,

expect a hangover.

But this love path has no expectations.

You are uneasy riding the body?

Dismount. Travel lighter.

Wings will be given.

Be clear like a mirror

reflecting nothing.

Be clean of pictures and the worry

that comes with images.

Gaze into what is not ashamed

or afraid of any truth.

Contain all human faces in your own

without any judgement of them.

Be pure emptiness.

What is inside that? you ask.

Silence is all I can say.

Lovers have some secrets

that they keep.

(Rumi)

The idea that the soul will join with the ecstatic just because the body is rotten-- that is all fantasy. What is found now is found then.

~Kabir

I've added more sleep into my routine, and somehow its made me feel groggier...moodier. So, dunno, maybe I function better on less. Trying to work it out.

Also, its strange, lately my body has been screaming at me with its cravings for protein, protein, protein!!! No, I haven't succumbed to eating meat. But I've been getting most of my calories from vegetarian protein. Its done me well. And, the highest percentage of protein comes from vegetarian sources anyway...but don't get me started on that...that's for another day. ;)

As I grow into the subtle aspects of the practice I'm noticing shifts in my body more and more...almost as if I am able to maneuver with greater awareness and intelligence. It really becoming interesting to observe...and, also how the mind plays a big role in it all. Its so true when you hear that the process is never ending...there is always somewhere deeper to go...new things to discover. And, even though there is a repetitive nature to the practice in the Ashtanga Yoga system...How could anyone get bored? There is always some new aspect or attitude you can bring onto the mat on any given day. I love it. Its kind of like my place to experiment with energy.

I sound like a yoga geek don't I...ha! Excuse me...

Today we celebrated Lina's birthday. Above are the group of ladies I practice with at 5:30 am every morning, Monday thru Friday. Lina is the 2nd one from the left. I know I've said it once...and I'm sure I'll say it again...I feel blessed to be part of this group of fascinating women who are in love with the practice as much as I am...I guess you'd have to be to get up that early!! Ha! Anyway, I just feel thankful. Happy Birthday Lina!!

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