Life on The Edge
Life on The Edge
Last week I spent a few days at Esalen www.esalen.org in Big Sur Ca. The amazing retreat center for gathering,learning and reflecting.The time I spent in the natural hot springs bath that overlooked the Pacific and the fun loving Sea Otters below seems to continue to bring me awareness to my journey.It was challenging for the first 24 hours to unsuccessfully still my distraction achieving mind. I kept checking my phone messages & emails. There were of course none there but anything was better than stillness. Whew it was like a fever that broke then I was blessed with calm. Its not the first time I have experienced that but it still catchs me off guard.
Since then I have thinking about all the ways I busy myself rather than be still.Most of them not very productive other than getting high marks for distraction. So I wondered about this need I have had to achieve & collect trophy's "of all sorts" in my life. Thankfully that need has abated but in its place is an unsettled sense of a need to know what awaits. Which is just another distraction of course.
I had a dream(while I was awake) that on my "judgement day". I don't really believe there is such a day but if there was,there would be two lines waiting to get in.
One would be the high achievers line with their arms full "life resumes"~ The other line was those that "loved well" that meaning being able to give and receive love.
I wondered which line would be longer?? This is of course only a dream! Or is it??
Namaste
Garry
Last week I spent a few days at Esalen www.esalen.org in Big Sur Ca. The amazing retreat center for gathering,learning and reflecting.The time I spent in the natural hot springs bath that overlooked the Pacific and the fun loving Sea Otters below seems to continue to bring me awareness to my journey.It was challenging for the first 24 hours to unsuccessfully still my distraction achieving mind. I kept checking my phone messages & emails. There were of course none there but anything was better than stillness. Whew it was like a fever that broke then I was blessed with calm. Its not the first time I have experienced that but it still catchs me off guard.
Since then I have thinking about all the ways I busy myself rather than be still.Most of them not very productive other than getting high marks for distraction. So I wondered about this need I have had to achieve & collect trophy's "of all sorts" in my life. Thankfully that need has abated but in its place is an unsettled sense of a need to know what awaits. Which is just another distraction of course.
I had a dream(while I was awake) that on my "judgement day". I don't really believe there is such a day but if there was,there would be two lines waiting to get in.
One would be the high achievers line with their arms full "life resumes"~ The other line was those that "loved well" that meaning being able to give and receive love.
I wondered which line would be longer?? This is of course only a dream! Or is it??
Namaste
Garry
posted by Get Inspired Yoga at
10:37 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Garry,
Welcome to the blogosphere (or, as I like to call it, blogland).
I find that maintaining a blog has a complex relationship to the dynamic of being busy vs. being still that you mentioned. When I start to post because I feel the need to be "productive" in some vague way, then I'll take a hiatus from blogging. However, if I actually do have something to say and want to connect with people that I can't connect with in person, than I post.
Your new website looks wonderful; I've enjoyed these two posts and look forward to more!
Hi,
My name’s Tia and I'm an editor at OpposingViews.com, the debate website. We have a new debate you might be interested in, so I thought I'd drop you a note. I would've e-mailed you but I couldn't find an address.
See, we're currently having a discussion about whether or not yoga is a religion. You can see it here:
http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/is-yoga-a-religion
Although vetted experts are the ones doing the debating, anyone can contribute by choosing a side and posting comments about the experts' arguments.
Check it out and, if you have the time, let me know what you think at tia@opposingviews.com
Thanks!
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