Not that it matters, but...
I won't be teaching my Sunday Yin/Yang class this week. The lovely and talented Sarah will be substituting for me so that I can deliver the message at my church. Just didn't want anyone who was reunioning to be surprised when I wasn't there for it!
And, this made my day yesterday. I ended my morning yoga class with these words, "For all that has been, thank you. To all that will be, yes." Then I drove to work, popped open a yogi tea package and what did I find? On the little tab at the end of the string were these words (I'm paraphrasing because I didn't save the darn thing!), "Love what is to come by loving what has gone before..." Could that be an accident? I don't think so -- particularly because saying thank you for my past, loving certain elements of my life, has been a challenge for me. Yoga has taught me that both our attachments and aversions bind us equally -- strangle the heart. My strong aversion to certain people and events in my life actually connected me to them, so that the very things I sought to escape dogged me daily, shaped me at the cellular and energetic level, not to mention what they did to my heart and mind. Forgiving, releasing, loving are hard, hard practices, but they are healing practices. And, I've discovered that they allow me to be open-hearted toward what is to come...
"If you knew what your anger was doing to you, you would shun it like the worst of poisons." The Buddha
posted by bhakti69 @ 8:34 AM
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Ashley,
Your blog was just what I needed to read today.....funny how things like that work out.
I am going through a life changing experience with a dear friend. This friend is full of anger towards life, her family, me......I then get angry because she won't seek out the help she needs to change her situation. One of the things that happened during the cleanse is I had to make a choice as to whether I was going to stay in this disfunctional friendship or move on. I chose to move on. There is much anger between us. I suppose it is the "aversion" I have been growing to understand. Anyway.....your blog seemed to be written just for me today....I wrote down the quote and put it on my message board to see every day.
Thanks for taking the time to share it was well received:)
Oh and by the way i had no reason for missing class Tuesday morning,.....I just slept right through it while the rain was pouring down. Sorry i missed it. I'll set both alarms next time.
Ashley,
Thanks for your blog post! Not only is it a good reminder of how to work with the present, it also reminds us of the consequent state of anger if we hold on to it.
Your comment on loving the past reminds me of a powerful image relayed to me by a friend. Several years ago she told me that a therapist had suggested that she visualize her younger self, ask her younger self to climb onto her lap, and comfort it like the child long in need of a hug that she is. I've never forgotten that. Trying it out from time to time is just what the doctor ordered.
Thank you Ashley for your words of wisdom! I would love to come to your church sometime and hear your message. You have such passion for life and it shows. I could learn lots from hearing from you, I can tell. If you care to share where.
Ou lives do seem to unfold just as they are suppose to. i believe it is up to us to see that and learn from it so we do not have to keep repeating, going around the same mountain over and over. I have done that route before and am ready to go through, so much sweeter in the end.
Hugs to you,
leslie
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