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I am at 11% on the Kindle edition and paused on this quote:
Great masters throughout the ages have taught: That which is real is that which never changes.
“That is fullness,
This is Fullness; from fullness comes
Fullness.
When Fullness is taken from Fullness,
Fullness remains.”
~ Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.1
This one especially struck me probably on two levels. (1) I’ve been Christian, converted to Judaism, dabbled in Buddhism, and finally landed as a Yogi. The Upanishad, while a Hindu text, is a foundational text of yoga and (2) a good friend of mine recently said that the only consistent is change and it made me sad to hear that. Is there truly “that which never changes” or is “that which never changes” ultimately the changing one?
The insanity of the seeking and searching I have done over the past ten years suddenly seems astounding. Well, I lie. This is not sudden. Ever since my return from Kundalini Teacher Training in India, my passionate searching for meaningful relationship with the formless has seemed quite absurd. I guess it was there in a leaky tent in the most miserable conditions I have ever been in that my self-torture and looking for God outside of self came to an end. I think India is where I came face to face with the stillness inside of me that never changes…the stillness of God, the fullness of life, the richness of this earth, the vastness of my mind, and the total complex simplicity of my own existence on this earth.
The answer to all questions is so simple. What if we relaxed into the fullness of the formless? What if we found that space where this moment meets eternity and existed there? Isn’t that enough? Sometimes my ambition confuses me. Often I look at the seemingly simple lives most live and I just marvel at them. And then I am struck by “that which I do not know” and I realize that their apparent fullness to me probably looks like something else to them.
Resting into the only constant of inconsistency means then that I must surrender my will to God, dive into my heart center, and go where the winds blow. In yoga, we call this Ishvara Pradihana or surrendering to the divine.
What do you long for? What eternal love are you seeking? Is this a conversation about the longing for God or the longing for relationship with others as God? When do you feel full and ultimately is it fear of empty that drives you to search for full?
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