Drops of Bliss bk 2010
Often I find my inspiration to live simply and fearlessly from observing, and listening, to the visual love-speak of Mother Nature.
Spring is the epitome of emerging…and isn’t emerging a fantastic word! A coming out…and a reaching out…a seeking to MERGE with everything around us.
Inspiration to merge with your own soul.
Flowing Soulwater bk 2010
I have been dancing in my mind with Yoga Sutra III.45. The third book of the Yoga Sutras, the Vibhutipadah (Exceptional Faculties) is very esoteric and wonderful to pour through the soul of your yoga practice. It asks you to fearlessly, openly use your yogic imagination and see an emerging newness about yourself:
“With samyama (meditative study) on the physical elements** and their essential nature, an understanding of the soul emerges” (translation my own)…
**and these are not your usual physical elements. They are things like lightness, expansion, reduction, vastness. Check it out, especially Bouanchaud’s edition The Essence of Yoga; Reflections on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Or comment/email me for a copy of Sutra III.45 : ).
This sutra inspires us to ask questions of our habitual, conditioned thinking about everything. We can easily take what we think we know (whatever “know” means) as “all there is to know” and not look any deeper. But that’s like quitting before we even get started!! Instead, we could allow ourselves to open in this imaginative, very human way. Why is this so hard sometimes? Fear. It’s that simple.
Every yoga asana is a personal springtime emergence, a blossoming of body-mind. The next time you are in your favorite energetic pose, find the mahima, the physical element of expansion/growth, in everything about the pose… the body sensations… and in all that is swirling in your mind in that moment. See the emergence of Present Moment…and move deeper into it, move deeper inside the “landscape” of the pose. Blossom fearlessly, like a March flower, and find something new.
Sat Nam: What IS mcline 2010
Springtime flowers are so inspirational to me, and to everyone I think, because they are not afraid to blossom in the NOW. Springtime conditions are very transitional…for one living in fear of the Now, it might seem best to wait, and blossom closer to summer, when there is less threat of a chilling freeze.
But how sad would that be for us, who take such delight and inspiration in seeing the emergence of these tiny, but so delightfully fearless beacons of the coming of Light.
Springtime flowers teach us not to be hostages of our conditioning…they MERGE with what is in the moment, express themselves authentically, and adapt accordingly.
Not afraid to blossom…wow. We can learn a lot from flowers. : )
Fearlessly Adaptable mcline 2010
Namaste friends! With joyful peace-light, b
Thanks you for a message of hope and inspiration. to move beyond the presumptions is a wonderful gift. I love your pictures and thank you for adding beauty to mine. I am grateful or your wisdom and generosity to share it.
Wow. Thank you. The pictures are stunningly beautiful and your words ring so true. For example:
“This sutra inspires us to ask questions of our habitual, conditioned thinking about everything. We can easily take what we think we know (whatever “know” means) as “all there is to know” and not look any deeper. But that’s like quitting before we even get started!! Instead, we could allow ourselves to open in this imaginative, very human way. Why is this so hard sometimes? Fear. It’s that simple.”
My response: YES, YES, YES, EXACTLY!!! (It literally sent chills up my spine.) Thank you.
Oh I forgot, I wanted to make a special note to comment on the ice and water pictures. I don’t know why they moved me so much, but they were the ones I appreciated the most. Also, my name is Lisa.