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September 07, 2005
Do Nothing
The session started with Jay sharing his experience of learning and practicing Yoga. It all started with a neck pain. Upon a friend’s recommendation, he went to get a massage therapy for three weeks. At the end of the therapy, the masseur asked him whether he’d like to try doing yoga, which was happening in the next room. Jay wondered why he had not paid any attention to the yoga class in the next room the entire period he was taking massage therapy. He took a class and absolutely loved it. There was no looking back. He then attended 3...Posted by Ragu at 04:16 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 14, 2005
Opening Vs Openness
Prasad started the session with Ganesha Pancharatnam (a prayer to Lord Ganesha). After the session, I looked up the English translation of the prayer and felt that it does not capture the devotional quality of the prayer. I then remembered what Prasad once said about prayers. He said that the content of the prayer is not as important as the state of the mind, or even better, the state of being with which the prayer is done. Yet, I couldn’t help but feel that there is something in the poetry and choice of words that helps the devotee slip into...Posted by Ragu at 03:54 PM | Comments (131) | TrackBack
September 20, 2005
Real-time Learning and Artha
Some interesting thoughts during the check-in: Kaksha quoted: They know enough those who know how to learn. Prasad talked about three types of Mantras: Invoke specific deities or aspects of the Absolute (Saguna Mantras) Abstract mantras to declare the meditator’s identification with the Absolute (Nirguna Mantras) Seed mantras, which are aspects of OM and derive directly from the fifty primeval sounds (Bija Mantras) More on Mantra’s here: http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/meditation/mantras.asp Manju talked about her reluctance in getting rid of building material (like doors) that are actually good individually but do not fit with the remodeling that she is doing. This indicates that...Posted by Ragu at 12:20 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack