Being Brave
It has been quite a week. So many thought, which seem to be disparate, but ultimately add up to one thing courage..personal courage.
Of course my first thoughts are with the brave men and women in Egypt who are risking all for a cause. I am heartened by this. I stand with then psychically, and wish them success. I also wish that the movement for social, economic, and personal justice was stronger here in the US.
Next has been the study of Chod, a Buddhist practice, new to me. The courage here is the basic courage to let go of everything, including ones own body. This practice touches many of the things we ignore, death, dismemberment, demons and devas, and ask the practitioner to honor them and ultimately to honor the Self.
The courage written of in the book American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, by Philip Goldberg, is the courage of teachers leaving India, to bring their wisdom to the United States. As a results of this, the practitioners of the 60's 70's and 80's were brave enough to transcend their societal boundaries and to transform American thought by simple believing and practicing. May they (we) all be strong.
The synergy of the above came to me from listening to a news cast, that suggested that out foreign policy is in effect cowardly. Cowardly in that the policy supports expedience, and makes expedience more important than doing the right thing. This basic cowardliness does not see that expedience and righteousness are inseparable. This is currently being illustrated in Egypt. No thing will work or last unless it is based on Dharma. That is the teaching of Vedant, Chod, and the people of Egypt.
May we all have the courage to do what is right. The courage to support all people, to love without the need for return.
It has been quite a week. So many thought, which seem to be disparate, but ultimately add up to one thing courage..personal courage.
Of course my first thoughts are with the brave men and women in Egypt who are risking all for a cause. I am heartened by this. I stand with then psychically, and wish them success. I also wish that the movement for social, economic, and personal justice was stronger here in the US.
Next has been the study of Chod, a Buddhist practice, new to me. The courage here is the basic courage to let go of everything, including ones own body. This practice touches many of the things we ignore, death, dismemberment, demons and devas, and ask the practitioner to honor them and ultimately to honor the Self.
The courage written of in the book American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, by Philip Goldberg, is the courage of teachers leaving India, to bring their wisdom to the United States. As a results of this, the practitioners of the 60's 70's and 80's were brave enough to transcend their societal boundaries and to transform American thought by simple believing and practicing. May they (we) all be strong.
The synergy of the above came to me from listening to a news cast, that suggested that out foreign policy is in effect cowardly. Cowardly in that the policy supports expedience, and makes expedience more important than doing the right thing. This basic cowardliness does not see that expedience and righteousness are inseparable. This is currently being illustrated in Egypt. No thing will work or last unless it is based on Dharma. That is the teaching of Vedant, Chod, and the people of Egypt.
May we all have the courage to do what is right. The courage to support all people, to love without the need for return.
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