#Yoga Today #Karma ~ What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Life is like the famous Buddhist paradox or Koan, What is the sound of one hand
clapping? This places us outside the limitations of the rational mind. There
is no right or wrong answer to this paradox as there are really no right or
wrong answers to life. How you live your
life is based upon your morals and ethics, your level of consciousness and your
state of being. Like the Koan, paradoxically
the content of your life is irrelevant and at the same time the content is
necessary for the process of learning. It is only through the process of life
that we learn. The content is simply the teacher. For example -you cannot discover the process
of love without an object of love to teach you. And what are we here to learn?
We are here to learn how to bring balance, strength, flexibility and peace to
our lives no matter what the content may be.
Anger, for example, will appear throughout our lives. It is not wrong
nor is it right. We are presented with situations that create anger and then
asked what we choose to do with them. We can be cruel or we can be kind. The
choice is ours, and how and what we choose determines our karma. There is no
right or wrong answer to life. It is simply cause an effect. If you act cruelly
you become a cruel person. So it is
suggested that with all of life’s content we choose wisely. Life presents
itself to us for the “soul” purpose of using the content of life to remove
vices and add virtues. Just as in yoga, our
practice is about the process and not the poses (asana), and yet we need the
poses to help us discover the process of balance, flexibility, strength and
peace. Pay attention to the process of life and use the content wisely.
Let’s get started -
Awareness is the task of exploring our vices and virtues. Our daunting task is to uncover the elements
of self that need correction and replace them with virtues. The content of our
lives is a vehicle full of potential for the “soul” purpose of bringing us
awareness. It is only the potential. Unless we consciously choose to bring
about constructive change our lives will appear to be chaotic, confusing and
disappointing. Just remember that the process of life is not about the content,
but about the relationship we have with life and whether we choose to make it
harmonious or tumultuous. Choose wisely
and the dramas and dynamics of life will give
way to the process of enlightenment.
Namaste ~ I celebrate the place
where our souls meet
Doctor Lynn
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