One student asked me after the last post, this appropriate question: So if you want to go through the process of Yoga, of facing truth more and more, how do you do it? Last time, we talked about Yoga as a truth-seeking tradition, and about unveiling layers of untruth and faulty knowledge. We also talked…
Tantra speaks of the actions of “the All”, which are also the individual’s 5 powers. These are: Srsti-creation Stihiti-stasis Samhara-dissolving Tirodhana-forgetting, veiling Anugraha-unveiling, remembrance These actions are the acts of consciousness. Consciousness can create a thought, hold on to a thought, let a thought dissolve, and can forget something by dropping the focus on it….
Last post we left the story with alluding to the continuation of the story with “the churning of the ocean of milk”. This is an allegory for the yogic process of stirring the consciousness, to make it reveal its content and its true nature. This process is in yoga done by the help of, for…
We are now in the feast of Diwali. This is a feast when the goddess Lakshmi is called upon as love, abundance, and light. This time when that darkness takes over more and more, lights are lit for hope of the return of light and goodness. There is a myth about how the inner darkness…
Some people come to my teaching just for a short period of time. Then they decide to leave to practice for other teachers where it’s cheaper, more available, or for a teacher with a big following of some kind. Some of them come back after some years for a shorter or longer time, and what…
I often hear people saying they are grateful for Yoga. They also often thank me for having introduced them to Yoga. Many who stop coming to my classes, say that they are grateful that they have discovered Yoga, and that they now will practice by themselves or for another teacher. By these things, they say…
There has been a lot of discussion about guruship for a long time now. What has been less discussed has been the role of the teacher. Most people in this age have gotten used to yoga instructors, online or in real life classes. This has happened at the same time as these instructors usually have…
Mars is according to Vedic astrology right now in its own sign and in retrograde. This makes Mars very powerful right now. Mars is also close to the full moon that we entered in 1/10, and becomes further amplified in its influence. March passes from Aries to Pisces sign 3/10-4/10. In Vedic astrology, this transition…
Rahu and Ketu (moon nodes) changed positioning in the sky on 22-23/10. This will remain for a year and a half. These nodes represent the desire that drives the world’s development. This took place in a union between sun and moon, on the autumnal equinox in the part of the sky that in Vedic astrology…
The last post addressed the part of spirituality that is currently abounding that is about the desire to fantasize freely, without having to test your ideas against the reality you experience. Another phenomenon in spirituality today is the intellectual orientation. I usually call this aesthetic atheism. With the term aesthetic atheism, I refer to the…