My experiences, thoughts and their expression: mi vida

Yoga Journal - Thoughts on Thinking I have been attracted by this subject for some time. It is elusive, and it is rewarding. It is frustrating. It is hopeful. It is...etc., etc. But one thing it is: calming and enjoyable. So last Sunday, as I was 'siesta - ing' after a neat run, and my body was sinking in the depths of the wooing of sleep, I "saw" what ' relaxation of effort ' meant, a phrase my yoga teachers quote and refer to Patanjali, in his Sutras. And that was that even in attempting to fall asleep I found myself "pushing" to get to sleep! It was as if an inner voice was saying..."come on, hurry up, let's get there; I want this to happen soon, for I have other things to do, and it is going to get late and then I won't be able to enjoy the afternoon and...". Incredible! It seemed that I needed - and that I have in the past - to get really tired and exhausted by working or exercise, to be able to allow myself a good, comfort...

Tolle's writing is just a constant source of amazement and pleasure. For example, some quotes follow, from the b ook "A New Earth": Although the body is very intelligent, it cannot tell the difference between an actual situation and a thought . (p. 134) The ego is not only the unobserved mind, the voice in the head which pretends to be you, but also the unobserved emotions that are the body's reaction to what the voice in the head is saying . (p.134) Emotion is the body's reaction to your mind . (p.132) We could even say that the notion "my life" is the original delusion of separateness, the source of ego. If I and life are two, if I am separate from life, then I am separate from all things, all beings, all people. But how could I be separate from life? What "I" could there be apart from life, apart from Being? It is utterly impossible. So there is no such thing as "my life", and I don't have a life. I am life. I and lif...

Just think of it. To be yanked from your surroundings. To be yanked - and banished - from your surroundings. Yanked. Yanked? Does that sound like...'yank'? as in...yes....'yank - ee'? A yank is synonymous with...jerk? as in..."to be jerked" from your surroundings... Hhhmmm ; let's let that be, at least for a while. Deep waters... Going back to 'removal'...man (generic term, not to exclude women) seeks constantly for homeostasis . Big word. Wiki : the body's ability to physiologically regulate its inner environment to ensure its stability in response to fluctuations in the outside environment. Balance. Restoring to balance, to stability, as in after a scare, or a near miss, or a 'jerk-cuts-in-front-of-me-in-I20' experience. The body and all its systems are engineered to seek that balance, and restoration, as in 're - store'. The body, and the psyche, and maybe even the soul, seek for a presence and a relationship...

Op-Ed Contributor - Now Don’t Hear This - NYTimes.com A good friend this past Sunday brought out the notion of what goes on in the minds (and hearts) of those people that talk incessantly, never having time to stop, changing from subject - better yet - linking to what they are saying another story when they come to a 'breather', and then take renewed energies from the newer story, and slowly increase the speed and the tone till the length of speech decay curve starts to set in on that newer story and slowly they come down, and...silence for a millionth of a second... (then you know that a 3rd. one is starting...) then the inhale, and there it comes, their mind seems to have found an association of the newer story to the NEW one that they just pulled from the files of their experiences, or memories, or "my friend just told me" source, or.... agggghhhhh!!!!!! " How do I get out of here? ", your soul silently asks hoping for a release from this torment. Well, I...