From the Katha Upanishad

When the five senses and the mind are still, and the reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path Supreme. This calm steadiness is called Yoga. Then one should become watchful, because YOGA COMES AND GOES.

I was introduced to Yoga in 1979 by Colonel D I M Robbins OBE, MC in the Sultanate of Oman. Over the years it has "come and gone" and practice has not always been consistent. But as I extend my knowledge of the Upanishads, Classical and Vajrayana texts I find my practice becoming more coherent. Still very much a newbie though!

 

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Sunday
Dec182011

Back to the roots

DateSunday, December 18, 2011 at 7:56PM

There is everything to learn from those who have been before us.

The Rig Veda X: 129 - "there was not then what is nor what is not"

The Upanishads: Katha - "the path is as narrow as a razor"

Patanjali - "citta-vrtti-nirodha"

A world of insight and such little time....

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