compassion is not just seeing thru another person's eyes, thru their living perspective. its also keeping yourself centered. i'm thinking of it as a heirarchy. 1st there's my real perspective that only comes from my center. 2nd there's grace, sort of a sense of fondness. 3rd there's a loved one's living perspective. i can't reach #3 without going thru #1 and #2. today compassion feels like there's a smile in me and there's love radiating out from me. compassion is a fond appreciation for someone else. if i feel like they're not doing what i want them to do, or if i think what they're doing isn't what i would do, or if it seems that their values aren't the same as my values, then i'm not appreciating their living perspective. it's a life, like a plant. its a unique creature. values and judgments are just a small piece. i can see more than a relationship. i can see the whole creature.
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my daily practice
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dandasana (staff pose) don-DAHS-anna instructions: brad's iyengar yoga notebook - yandara institute14 years ago
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*anger towards self* for being so unreliable. i didn't do what i needed to do today. didn't do what i said i would do. didn't answer the phone. didn't eat ...15 years ago
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phone convo with mike - we talked about hospitalizations and the habits that've put us there. i remembered claudette to him. he seems to be through the wor...15 years ago
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for me it helps to think of the extreme that i'd be if i "give in to the feeling". my habit has been to minimize the effects, consequences, ramifications, ...15 years ago
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yama 'death', is a rule or code of conduct for living which will help bring a compassionate death to the ego or 'the lower self'. yamas comprise the 'shall...15 years ago
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hello folks "hello" am i doing too much? "no" thank you am i living my life yet? "yes" am i avoiding life? "yes. its natural." i'm filled with grief? "yes. f...15 years ago
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Cathy Breshears
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Savasana, the corpse pose in yoga, is the rest at the end of your yoga practice. Its not really about being dead or even acting like the dead. It is restin...
