A lot of yoga babble (and this is not to criticize yoga babble b/c that would be more yoga babble) tells us to surrender ego.
It seems a bit odd that yoga teachings sometimes sound like another “right/wrong” belief system. I rather like my ego. It is very interesting. It got me through High School. I [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Surrender EGO
December 19, 2008 – 7:37 pm
Oh wait-i can’t fake enthusiasm.
December 17, 2008 – 7:27 pm
1.22 mrdu-madhya-adhimatratvat-tato pi visesah
Per Govindan, Thus the characteristic difference as to how quickly cognitive absorption is reached depends on whether the yogin’s practice is weak, moderate or intense.
OUCH!
A mild (mrdhu) practice is uneven, sporadic, full of doubts, ups and downs and full of distractions, which carry one away. A moderate (madhya) practice has periods of [...]
Oh, I am intense alright!
December 15, 2008 – 7:27 pm
Intensity. I see it all around.
In Sutra 1.21 tivra-samveganam-asanah
Translation by Govindan: For those practitioners who are utterly resolute in their practice, the accomplishment of cognitive absorption is imminent.
Sounds a lot like “reap the rewards” or the Little Red Hen Story!
Per Govindan, one may have glimpses of cognitive absorption (samadhi), the experience of self in which [...]
