Hrd-akasha. Hrd-ananda. Hrim Shrim Lakshmyai Namaha.
Pedalling through the layers into the Heart of the Self - I feel a deep sigh - and realize that this world created by mine eyes is one of many.
I ran into this site: http://www.joshabene.com/ and this photo of the Heart-Mind - he's an artist/molecular biologist from Austin who lives in Brooklyn. Hmmm, what a small circular world. Perfecto (said with Spanish accent, is more appropriate here and now -->)
"The eyes are small, but they see big things," - Rumi
Constantly, I am reminded that there are many lokas (universes, if you please, or "worlds") within our worlds. It's important that we explore them with a very knowledgeable guide - that would be "Guru." Guru helps you relax as he/she takes you into these lokas.
"The heart is the hub of all holy places. Go there and roam in it." - Baba Nityananda
As my friend Lauren Cleff - your friend too! - sends me blessings from Rishikesh where she is looking over Mother Ganga - and I send her blessings from Austin, where the skies gaze at me and hold me in her arms.
How do we know we are progressing in this practice? This was asked of Shankar from the Shambhava School of Yoga (Shoshoni Yoga in Colorado) - and he said, "You feel happier."
It's true - externals become so external to this JOY - this is MUDITA in Sanskrit (name of our yoga studio in Kingston, New York - see - Mudita - Prema (Love in Austin) - and Shanti (this one's going to be in Sugar Land)...
Thank goddess, one of my bestest friends is Omkari - the bliss of Shiva - the bliss of love unending - who has a key to my apartment when they fall away into the playground and whose husband is a dear friend and a great lawyer. It's so great to have lawyers married to great yoginis as friends. Contentment not dependent on the laws of ever-changing governances. Nevertheless - greater ease incurred by knowledge of the laws.
we are never alone. only the thinking mind - we'll break down all the levels of the mind-self:
Citta - Vritti - Buddhi - Ahamkara - Mahat - Manas - Gunas - Tanmatras - Tattvas
in the YOGALife program at Love Yoga Co-op so we can understand this part of our beingness. Om Aim Hrim Shrim Lakshmyai Namaha. Hrdaye Citta Samvit. or as Bharati Devi explained to me - "Samyamah Hrdaye Citta Samvit."
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