For R
August 4th, 2010I am filled with so much sadness
May 3rd, 2010as tons of oil empties in our sea.
Remember this Public Service Announcement from the 70’s? I cry when I watch it. View it for yourself.
There is trash and oil in the blue waters where dolphin swim. What can we do? Make sure we reduce, reuse and recycle and think about trading our cars in for electric and hybrids. Switching to green products and finally and most importantly care more about our Earth. These are the only ideas I have. I am filled with so much sadness as tons of oil empties into our blue sea.
Adho Mukha Vrksasana
May 2nd, 2010
Help Stop the Murder of Dolphins
April 27th, 2010
Please sign this petition to help stop the slaughter of dolphins in Japan: Dolphin Petition
Learn more at savejapandolphins.org
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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Trash in the Sea
April 26th, 2010
Fact: Most of the trash that makes up the Texas size pile in the Pacific is composed of trash from the gutters that lead to the oceans. How? Trash cans like this one. Once they over fill, they spill out on the streets and run into the gutters. If we all care a little more and pick up trash when we see it we can change this. Twelve billions eyes are plenty. Just more heart is needed. People first, then money, then things. Thanks Suze Orman.
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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Enjoyer or Sufferer
April 8th, 2010
Today in class, I spoke briefly about a lesson from the great spiritual book Bhagavad-Gita. Here is a an illustrative metaphor for the spirit, mind and body. “The self is thus the enjoyer or sufferer in the association of the mind and senses”. What this means is that we have a choice to have the body work for the soul or the soul work for the body. Without restraint, the senses will lead us into a self imposed slavery and addiction. With restraint, we can follow the mission of the soul without fruitless distration of the senses.
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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Hidden Truth
April 4th, 2010
Secret of Today:
I’m not myself when you’re around
I’m not myself standing in a crowd
I’m not myself and I don’t know how
I’m not myself, myself right now
Jesus Christ will you look at me
Don’t know who I’m supposed to be
Don’t really know if I should give a damn
When you’re around, I don’t know who I am
I’m not myself when you go quiet
I’m not myself alone at night
I’m not myself, don’t know who to call
I’m not myself at all
Jesus Christ will you look at me
Don’t know who I’m supposed to be
Don’t really know if I should give a damn
When you’re around, I don’t know who I am
I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you
But in the process I forgot that I was special too
I’m not myself when you’re around
I’m not myself when you go quiet
I’m not myself all alone at night
I’m not myself standing in a crowd
I’m not myself and I don’t know how
I’m not myself, myself right now
Don’t know what I believe
Jesus Christ will you look at me
Don’t know who I’m supposed to be
Someone say if I should give a damn
When you’re around, I don’t know who I am
I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you
But in the process I forgot that I was special too
I always wished that I could find someone as talented as you
But in the process I forgot that I was just as good as you
“X-Static Process” by Madonna — Raise the Christ Within
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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Free at last….thank God almighty!
February 5th, 2010
Boycott the Super Bowl!
CBS is airing the bigot Focus on Family advertisement. Why can’t Focus on Family leave women’s vaginas alone and mind their business about who wants to get married? CBS and NFL wants the middle class sit on a couch for three hours, drink and eat more sugar that causes us more health problems, be brained washed by a bigot fundalmentalist group that hates the America and the Constitution, WATCH MILLIONAIRE PLAYERS AND BILLIONAIRE TEAM OWNERS AND NETWORK EXECUTIVES PLAY A GAME, and give them more money! Ha ha ha! Pure comedy! All the while we are losing jobs, our businesses, and our healthcare reform! This is pure insanity! Go for a walk! Volunteer! Come to yoga! Read a book! Say no to this new sign of the fall of America! Remember there always signs. First comes a pebble, then a stone. Then a brick. Then a rock. Then a boulder. Being alarmed means you are awake. It doesn’t mean you have an anger problem. It doesn’t mean if you are a women that you are premenstrual! It means you are awake! It means we are awake and it means the yoga is working!!!!!!!
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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Words Fly
January 23rd, 2010People’s action are the truth of what they believe. Don’t be fooled by their words. Cover your ears to what they say and hear with your eyes at what they DO.
Namaste,
JosephYoga
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“Tell The Bed Not Lay Like The Open Mouth Of A Grave”
January 3rd, 2010
“Students in Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Downward Facing Tree)”
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The following passage from “The Kabbalistic Bible” edited by Yehuda Berg inspired this post:
—”But what is real peace? It is something much more than physical rest and comfort. A person who desires to rest only in the physical sense is like a man who wants to put out a fire by pouring gas onto it. For an instant, it appears he has put out the fire, but then we see that he has only made it bigger.”
I truly beleive this above quote is the secret to all the mysteries of life. It explains the deep paradox that runs through the veins of life. I recommend you read the above passage over and over until you fully understand what it is saying. Here are some questions to help us “stand under” this wisdom and grasp it fully:
*What would happen if we stayed in bed all day and never move and allow the body be comfortable?
*What are the major differences between a parent and a child?
*Why is it we can’t remedy an absense with another absense? Why is darkness not remedied with more darkness?
These questions are hinting to us what the heart of the above quote is. Life is a paradox. We must remember this. Many people resist yoga because of it’s difficulty, but this is precisely why it saves our lives! We are at war with the body. Don’t for one second think we aren’t. The body wants to go into the ground. If it weren’t for the lightness of the soul the body would go into the ground and we know this because of our knowledge of the dying process. The only way to stay alive is to seek discomfort! As soon as we seek comfort we head toward the path of death. Yoga postures keep our bodies from comfort and that is how it paradoxically helps us. Uncomfortable sharing with other people has the power to empower our soul and save the body from heaviness as well. We must practice this paradox if we want to live life to the fullest. How can you be more uncomfortable today?
*The title of this post are lyrics from a song called “Tell Me” by Madonna. The word “bed” in hebrew has the same numerical value as sick.
