“In meditation, effort must be applied in a direction opposite to what we are used to. Our ‘effort’ must be to relax ever more deeply. We must ultimately release the tension from both our muscles and our thoughts. When we relax so deeply that we are able to internalize the energy of the senses, the…
Do you volunteer?
Do you volunteer? Over the holiday season or throughout the year? Pretty much everywhere you go this time of year you can see people giving of their most valuable commodity. Time. Speaking as somebody who has volunteered pretty much my whole life I can tell you that everybody wins. Not only the person/people you are…
take some time to get quiet and don’t be afraid to be who you really are
Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth…
Staying Simple
Be blessed in the basic awarenessof knowingyou do not knowthe answers, In this humblenessis strengthguiding alltoward their own true nature, Not the weaknessof complicated clevernessthat disguises the egoas the master, Be willingto blend peacefullyinto common-place cycles of lifewith sensible precautionof the silent destinyalways at work,regardless of your particular opinion, There lies comforting understanding,within faithful surrender…
Yoga with Lori Lucas 