Patanjali Yoga Sutra 2.16 (“the pain that has yet to come can be avoided”). This fortune explains well, I think, how to incorporate into one’s life and practice the teaching of this particular sutra.
This was the kind of imagery lying around the rooms of the cool older kids when I was starting to form my cultural consciousness.
The hunched over woman lit a cigarette. Another man bummed one from her and leaned against the trash cans to smoke. Smoking helps make the bus come–right?
Nowadays, I contemplate, or chant, or stand on one foot, or maybe post a blog entry.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
When I was walking past this sign with a regular reader of my blog and stopped to take its picture, I said in response to the raised eyebrows, “found exhortation–triumph New York City.”
“It’s just the local Triumph dealership.”
“If one just read the sign, though,” without knowing of the brand, it surely could be read as an exhortation to New York City.”
What a perfect example of how hard it can be to understand each other through only language. That words can have so many ways of being construed shows how much empathy and compassion for ourselves and those with whom we are in communication we need to foster in order truly to listen and be heard.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
