Is courageous exhausting? Is kindness exhausting? Is creativity exhausting?
Ease is your natural state. You were born with it. You were sent to Earth with it. However you got here, it is your right and privilege.
Exhaustion is an alarm blaring out to you as you drift away from your natural state.
It is never too late to hear it and do something about it immediately.
Half-life is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.
Imagine taking a banana and cutting it in half. And in half again. And in half again and so on until you are left with invisible to you banana molecules. That is when the banana is “gone”. How long does it take for our feelings to be gone?
Are they real? Are they physical? How long should we keep them around? If we stop looking at them do they disappear? Do we carry them on a pedestal or inside of a garbage bag?
For some of us the half-life of bad feelings is so long that they never seem to go away. For others the half-life is non-existent. The bad feelings come but don’t stay very long. For some of us same goes for good feelings.
What is the nature of those feelings?
Our teachers who we love deeply in our hearts aren’t there for us to put them in our pocket and carry around forever. But there is something that stays with us. They gave us everything and expected nothing. They shared something infinite with us that wasn’t even theirs to share, yet they shared it. How do you thank them for that? You can’t. But you can do something thankful about it. That is where your conscience steps in with that answer you seek.
Today I prepare a snack: biscuits with strawberry jam and whipped. They were great however they don’t go with chai. Before I ate I didn’t say a prayer. After I ate I wondered “Why don’t I say a prayer before every snack, too? They are all pretty special. Life is special it is amazing and astounding.” Well, thank goodness for the food that helps make it either heaven or hell.
Via Wikipedia:
The Narmada, also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari, and the Krishna. It is also known as “Life Line of Madhya Pradesh” for its huge contribution to the state of Madhya Pradesh in many ways. It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining through the Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of Bharuch city of Gujarat.[3]
It is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River and the Mahi River. It is one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges.
Today it dawned on me that Hatha yoga is easier with long pants.
Thank you for letting me join all of you who knew this already.
Your starting point? There is nothing wrong with you.
If you want to do your breathing and relaxation practices when it is quiet, then wake up early before other people start their day.
Your passions are the things that you know in your heart that every one ought to experience. The feeling inside your heart when you find humanity without them, where it drives you to act, inspire and serve them to achieve it themselves is compassion. Compassion is passion’s companion.
Action is everything. Action is the difference between trying and not trying, so at least do something. Action is the nature of this universe, it’s physics and our responsibility to the world. Compaction takes your values and beliefs, distills them to their most simple and essential form. It is the crucible that takes you from undecided to emboldened to not only believe but also to act with complete conviction. Compaction is actions companion. Compaction illuminates your core beliefs so what you share is true. So now emboldened by your heart and your conscience.
Then wake up one hour earlier.
