It’s not about going from dark to light, but being with all of it, and holding it all lightly--with an equal mind. This is what is referred to in Yoga as equanimity, or practising equanimity.
Often times, when I listen to people talk about Yoga, what I’m hearing is an escape from reality; a transportation to the land of bliss, a chance to leave the messy bits behind. Which is all fine if you are aware that’s where it’s taking you, (this is great learning in the making) but if it’s at the expense of accepting what is coming up for you in the present moment, it has the potential to create suffering.
Our reactions to emotional/ pyschological discormforts either play out as cravings for something that is desired, but not readily attainable, or aversions to something uncomfortable that isn’t welcomed. Either way, according to Yogic Psychology, this is what causes suffering.
Our reactions to emotional/ pyschological discormforts either play out as cravings for something that is desired, but not readily attainable, or aversions to something uncomfortable that isn’t welcomed. Either way, according to Yogic Psychology, this is what causes suffering.
As long as we remain aware that the projection or fantasy that we are creating is a desire to have or avoid something--past or future, and like everything else, will come to pass, we are making good progress.
I know it may sound morbid to view the world through the lens of “everything has its time and must eventually come to an end”, but rather, it becomes an acceptance of what inevitably will be. Enjoying the experience while we are in it, but accepting that it will come to pass, just as it came.
I know it may sound morbid to view the world through the lens of “everything has its time and must eventually come to an end”, but rather, it becomes an acceptance of what inevitably will be. Enjoying the experience while we are in it, but accepting that it will come to pass, just as it came.
I once heard the saying, “resistance is futile”, and it made me think-- if I can accept universal law of impermanence, one I cannot change, then wouldn’t it be far better to roll with the punches, instead of getting knocked down by them? To flow with the nature of reality as it is, instead of against it! What a fresh new perspective this brings for living each moment as it comes, whatever shade of colour it takes on.
