(Documenting) the Real and the Unreal
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Outside Inside
What we see in front of us depends on where we choose to go and what crosses our path. What we see reflected depends on what we bring to the picture (including how we look at things). Inner courtyard at the Freer Gallery.
Spam, Praise, Criticism, and the Pairs of Opposites
The yoga teachings say that we need to be unattached to the pairs of opposites–pleasure (sukha) and pain (dukha). When all of our motivations come from seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, we suffer. Even the tantric yogis, who invite us to fully engage in the vast array of experience that is being human, say we…
Darshan or Puja?
The other day I was telling one of my regulars that I’d described the group house practice as starting with receiving darshan — receiving sacred knowledge, sitting in the presence of the divine embodied in a great being — from Uma and Sully, who wait downstairs for the students to arrive and expect a petting…