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Mantra
The texts on sadhana — yoga practice — say in simplified essence that mantra is the fulcrum between the unknowable universal and manifest particulars. What language we use and how we use it can either lead us towards skillfully navigating life informed by illuminated understanding or blundering through things with obscured vision (or, I add, somewhere in between, but which do you want to be your goal?). If you listen for your authentic voice, what words do you want to utter, which do you want to embody, which do you want to offer? The mantra is a tool (in the best sense of the word) to find a source for our own language (thought and spoken) that recognizes the common bond of dwelling together as neighbors (near or far) on this earth, in this universe.
New York City, June 13-14
Thoughts About Wearing a Sari
It is my understanding that unless I wear a sari, I will not be able to go into some of the places that are on the itinerary for the trip to India I will be joining. “Just think of it as playing dress-up,” suggested my sister when I told her the idea of wearing a sari perturbs me. It is not just feeling strange in foreign dress and having to expose that vulnerable fold of flesh at the waist (I have never even owned a bikini because of my discomfort in exposing my waist). What is unsettling me is that to witness what the men can witness while wearing comfortable clothing, the women must agree to wear confining, complicated, and cumbersome clothes. And the sari has come for centuries with the expectation that the woman demurely follows behind doing what she is told by the designated man.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
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Okay, I’ll bite. What is it? And did the experiment work?
What a fabulous image, especially at full size. Thanks for posting it!
Thanks Dan. I never cease to marvel at the extraordinary powers we have created with technology. With a little thing I hold in my pocket, I can take a picture of a sidewalk, transfer it to a box on my desk, and then transmit it for millions to see if they so choose. I think holding on to the awe helps keep it feeling like technology is ruling my life as opposed to providing more avenues for creative expression.
ps. Gayle–the experiment was seeing if I could successfully use the technology. The Blackberry is relatively new, and blogging from the Blackberry newer still.