Adapted from Tias Little: The river of time is streaming past, and no two moments are ever the same....dynamic, creative, ever-changing...all experience likened to flowing water [in the Tao]. Not only does the world around us change, but there is perpetual change inside our bodies. In this very moment, the spongy tissue of [our] lungs, the cells in [our] spleen, and the nerve fibres in [our] neocortex are in constant motion [the yogis called this vibratory creative force spanda]. In this way, things are always new and happening for the first time.
Although we know on one hand that everything is always in flux, at the same time our minds often struggle against change and unpredictability. We'll continue practising helping the mind be in the present, and remaining aware of and curious about the moment by moment unfolding flow of life...
Adapted from Tias Little: The river of time is streaming past, and no two moments are ever the same....dynamic, creative, ever-changing...all experience likened to flowing water [in the Tao]. Not only does the world around us change, but there is perpetual change inside our bodies. In this very moment, the spongy tissue of [our] lungs, the cells in [our] spleen, and the nerve fibres in [our] neocortex are in constant motion [the yogis called this vibratory creative force spanda]. In this way, things are always new and happening for the first time. We continue exploring what the Buddhists call 'beginner's mind' - coming afresh to perceiving and experiencing each and every moment. From Tias Little:
In the journey onward, the real task is to make every moment new. That is, we must realize that it is impossible to replicate moments in time or do things in the way they were done before...[we] can't step in the same river twice. In your practice this week, sense for that which you actually are, underneath all that you have believed about yourself, and what is actually happening right now, in this very breath. Hello everyone and welcome back. We've got new things to learn in all three classes, and so many opportunities to revisit what we've done before with fresh eyes, ears, senses...
We'll continue reading from Tias Little's "The Practice is the Path" (2020), but we've made it to Chapter 2: While we follow the way of those who have gone before us, our steps on the path are initiatory, always new. It is not that we are trying to replicate the walk of the Buddha, the guru, the guide. In the yoga room we are not trying to make a carbon copy of the posture the teacher is demonstrating. On the mat today, our agenda is not to re-create the same posture we did yesterday. A wholehearted commitment to being on the path requires a willingness to tread in a way that is always and astonishingly new. |
AuthorMisha Butot RCSW, ERYT 500 is a longtime clinical social worker and senior yoga teacher living in Victoria, BC Archives
April 2024
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