As much as I try to do right, my mind leans to do wrong. Wrong takes less energy for me and more energy for others to clean up my wrongs.
Arlene Bjork
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Appetite for destruction
I believe that the mind has an appetite for destruction. Chaos is easier to maintain than order. Wrong is easier to attain that right. Structure, order, right takes concentration, directed and pointed direction, practice, discipline.
Staying on top of things
With a large yoga studio and foot traffic, I spend a lot of time caring for the hardwood floors.
I have a few vacuums and a great hardwood floor cleaner that keeps the floors debris free. This is a daily task that I fit in between the mounds of responsibilities in my care.
And the dusting, the pruning of plants, the watering, the replenishing. It does not end. Dirt abounds. Cobwebs and bugs abound. They want to enroach on the clean corners and tiny crevices. And I with a keen ey continually seek them out to eradicate them, if only for that day.
Cleaning the building is easy. Cleaning my flesh, my soul-nature is not.
Arlene Bjork
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abjork@mygraceyoga.com
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Moving Energy
Change requires the movement of energy. The natural world is built upon this simple principle. It encompasses laws of physics, chemistry, biology, but fundamentally nature follows patterns that rest on structure. When the structure falls apart, destruction or chaos occurs. Although this too is change, it is not a change that involves mindfulness or order.
We want change that rests on order. Order follows nature's patterns and rules. Boundaries are given in order to provide safety in the midst of change. When change occurs, energy is moved. This movement must happen in an orderly fashion so that destruction is eliminated.
To consider change consider yourself at rest and consider yourself in motion. Consider your energy at rest and in motion. At rest and in motion, consider structure and chaos. What differences do you notice?
Tomorrow begins a significant journey towards change which envelops concepts of rest, motion, energy, structure and chaos. The intention is to explore these concepts using myself as an example to understand our role in the movement of our own energy in order to stimulate positive change.
I decided to record this journey openly in order to maintain my private motivation. When I encounter obstacles alone I can lose heart too early in the race. If I am accountable to others then the focus shifts away from me and toward the higher goal or aim or purpose.
As I let go of certain strongholds that sap energy from my life, I deduce that the movement of that energy toward areas that need my attention would magnify positive change in my life. Those strongholds include: dead relationships, attachments to dead relationships, attachments to comfortable habits that bring destruction versus structure, attachments to destructive thought patterns, attachments to some material items.
What kind of positive change can take place within the next 40 days? How does the movement of energy in positive directions encourage a greater degree of wisdom and courage?
Arlene Bjork
Free class downloads and newsletter at http://mygraceyoga.com
abjork@mygraceyoga.com
We want change that rests on order. Order follows nature's patterns and rules. Boundaries are given in order to provide safety in the midst of change. When change occurs, energy is moved. This movement must happen in an orderly fashion so that destruction is eliminated.
To consider change consider yourself at rest and consider yourself in motion. Consider your energy at rest and in motion. At rest and in motion, consider structure and chaos. What differences do you notice?
Tomorrow begins a significant journey towards change which envelops concepts of rest, motion, energy, structure and chaos. The intention is to explore these concepts using myself as an example to understand our role in the movement of our own energy in order to stimulate positive change.
I decided to record this journey openly in order to maintain my private motivation. When I encounter obstacles alone I can lose heart too early in the race. If I am accountable to others then the focus shifts away from me and toward the higher goal or aim or purpose.
As I let go of certain strongholds that sap energy from my life, I deduce that the movement of that energy toward areas that need my attention would magnify positive change in my life. Those strongholds include: dead relationships, attachments to dead relationships, attachments to comfortable habits that bring destruction versus structure, attachments to destructive thought patterns, attachments to some material items.
What kind of positive change can take place within the next 40 days? How does the movement of energy in positive directions encourage a greater degree of wisdom and courage?
Arlene Bjork
Free class downloads and newsletter at http://mygraceyoga.com
abjork@mygraceyoga.com
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