Humility
Last night at house practice, we were led to think about humility (in Sanskrit vinaya). Yoga, similar to religion, tends to privilege the idea of humility. From a one perspective, it is easy to think of the benefit that those… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town (Temporary)
The sign may be temporary, but this is a state that I would want to be as long-lasting as possible. Yoga, well-practiced and studied, provides us with ever more resilience–one hopes a lifetime’s worth– to handle the wild vagaries of… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation (and Dharma)
This week’s Department of Labor elevator poster. Krishna said as much to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. Except that Krisha told Arjuna what was his life’s work (dharma). Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Signs/Objects Around Town (Dirksen Senate Office Building)
Because the Senate, like any group sharing an office building, would need a little love if the fire department is wanted. Come to think of it, the Senate needs a little love all the time; I like this heart being… (READ MORE)
When a Student Asks a Question (and Tensegrity)
When a student asks a question and I do not know the answer, I do not try to answer it then and there. I do go home and take the time to try and find an answer. If I find… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town (and Spanda?)
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Signs/Found Objects Around Town
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Found Exhortation
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New Year’s Greetings (Web Version of E-Newsletter)
Dear Friends, Despite being in the warm and comfortable bed for which I am grateful every day, I woke up sore-hearted this morning. I’d been dreaming first of dodging bullets in a shootout and then striving to escape rising flood… (READ MORE)
Fortune Cookie Advice (and Heyam Dukham Anagatam?)
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.