💓WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?... who do you stand with? Do you feel as though you are living your dharma? ( DHARMA-your truth, order, universal law, your social obligation, the invisible law that governs, fulfilling your role in society, - carrying yourself with respect, your empathy and courage...)
Do you TRUST in your gift? Doubt and indecision take you away from your Dharma-
💗💙💚💛💜💓💛💚💜💓💓💓💓💓🙏Patanjali tells us of DOUBT,...( it is one of the 9 obstacles/hindrances ) - DOUBT, disease, lethargy, mental laziness, false perception, lack of enthusiasm, clinging to self enjoyment, lack of concentration, losing concentration....
What is in between YOU and the object that you would like to rest your mind on?....You can become overly focused on this distraction - this can be helpful at times ( doubt) but it can also be a hindrance ( misplaced doubt)... the Buddha says, "test it out"... if you have a doubting attitude - it taints trust. We should be symbiotic - everyone benefiting. Boundaries should be soft, mutual goodness, steadiness...
If we look back on our life, we question ourselves, we have to make so many decisions, confidence can become arrogance.
If we look back at our lives, we see life is flowing, it is not GOOD or BAD,... or right or wrong....instead of judging, - know that it is flowing,... LIFE,... If you don't KNOW,... = you don't need to fill it with knowing.. It's about WATCHING,.. sakshi - observing,... Don't feel that you have to FILL it up. Acknowledge that previous decisions have brought you to the now .
If you have doubt within the practice, test it out,... experience clears up doubt. Yoga emphasizes direct experience. Yoga motivates you but to clear doubt, is through your own work. Beginners ask lots of questions, but as we practice more, we ask less, - we have to be confident in what we believe, not doubt. AND.... if we study too much, as teachers, as students... and not "PRACTICE".... then it's complicated and unclear to (us, students)... and lineage can be LOST here...
what we doubt, ... IS OUR TRUE NATURE- but,... nothing is MISSING... you don't have to go running - you already ARE - a "HOLY BEING" (S. Gannon)... Yoga is trying to REMIND us... NOTHING is missing! Your true nature is ... YOU - SHINING BRIGHT!
If someone doubts, and they LEAVE carrying DOUBT, - it stands in the way of all that they have learned,... so - TEST IT OUT! ... don't let doubt take you away from your focus.
LOKAH SAMASTAH SUKHINO BHAVANTU...
namaste'
mucho love and light,
Kerry ~ YOGA TREE
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