Note: For the complete lessons, with additions, see the AYP Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living Books.

Lesson 242 - The Tsunami and Yoga

From: Yogani
Date: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:53pm

Q: In a little moment, Mother Nature extends her force of destruction that is beyond comprehension. Creation and destruction to Mother Nature are like a breath, with change happening. For us as humans to know that life is like a lamp that can be snuffed out in seconds and to feel so many lives just taken back by Mother Nature is to ask the deeper question: Where is God in all this?

Imagine taking a deep breath and going beyond the forces of creation and destruction and entering into the realms of the eternal where there is blissful void and pure light of the absolute. It is here that we see all Life on this planet as One.

It is through these hard reminders sent by the dynamic ever-changing energies that we are forced to utilize our intellects to ask more of wisdom.

The wisdom of how we could be the part of Oneness as representing all the living as we extend our giving to the enormous pains and sufferings in a large part of the world.

The wisdom to know how easily life can be snuffed out and how we take each joyful day for granted in the luxury of our environment we are in.

The wisdom to search for the more permanent realm within us that can transcend the constant certainty of death after birth; a greater reality that is sustained by the divine union - protecting and guiding us.

For those through the process of sudden death, intellect does not hold the answer. For those in the throes of pain having lost their loved ones, only wisdom can be the source of comfort. For the rest of us, it is on the intellectual level that we are reminded of the wisdom.

This wisdom is in extending ourselves to those effected by the disaster to bring into motion the energies of Oneness, with each of us, the representation of all the living.

A voluntary relief doctor in Sri Lanka was commenting yesterday, "First there were these destructive waves coming to our shores, and now we can see waves of human kindness and love come to reach us!"

The Divine, God, as we call the Absolute is perfect and the nature of this perfection is Wisdom in our Oneness.

A list of suggested relief agencies are mentioned in this link:

http://www.nandhi.com/relief.htm

As we go into our "AUM", let's dive into our Onesness and extend the caring, concern and love to all in pain and sorrow. Our powerful minds will find ways to hold hands in the sustaining union.

May the year 2005 awaken the potent forces of divine awareness of sensitivity & kindness, abundance and the joy of dharma! Love, of course, is its essence and fulfillment to evolve!


A: Thank you for your heartfelt views on the disaster that happened in Asia, your homeland, and cradle of the precious knowledge of yoga we all are benefiting from here.

There is so much to be done to aid so many. Now is the time to act. Please, everyone, extend a helping hand to your brothers, sisters, parents and children in Asia.

We are on the eggshell surface of this small ball whirling through space at thousands of miles per hour. We tend to forget how fragile our existence is until an event like this happens. Our physical life can end in any instant, and it will end for sure sooner or later. We have not a moment to waste in merging with our inner truth that will not wash away with the waves on this temporal plane.

This event is a call to people everywhere to realize they are of one being, one truth. Let us redouble our efforts to open our doors to the eternal bliss that resides within us and permeates every atom of creation. We are all that ... here to open to that, and to help those in need who are no other than that, our own self.

In the helping, we become whole again.

The guru is in you.

Note: For detailed discussion on the natural role of service for those in need, see the AYP Bhakti and Karma Yoga book.
For detailed instructions on building a balanced daily practice routine with self-pacing, see the Eight Limbs of Yoga Book.

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