Posts Tagged "yogi"
The Yogi as artist
Imagine if you will a ‘few’ thousand years ago and a group of yogis are sitting around in a glade near the Holy Ganges talking it up on the shape of the world, and their chakras and the “Why-are-we-here?” and “Who-am –I?” questions that we still explore to this day. They begin to stir from their seated postures. First an arm perhaps, a leg instinctively extends to remove the...
Read MoreWhat is a Yogi?
The Offering by Linaji Reading at Anara practice 11/26/2012 “What does it take to actually be a yogi, really? Not spiritual attainment or asana performance, but the beautiful embrace of your own reality. All the ancients were going on about was “What is existence?” and “How do we realize it?” The point is: you are existence, you are the truth, you are the Veda (which...
Read MoreAre You looking for me?
Reading at Koloa and Anara practice 1/30/2012 Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. You will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: Not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me you will see me Instantly— You...
Read MoreThe Perfect Teacher
Reading at Anara practice 11/2/2011 The true teacher has no students, all is Being and only Silence speaks. The perfect teacher has no teachings because he knows that you are free already. So the true teacher’s non-teaching is that there is no teacher, no student, no teaching, and that nothing has ever existed. This teaching must be without words and must land in your heart. If you try to...
Read MoreAre you looking for me?
Reading at Waimea — 05/06/09 Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. You will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: Not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me you will see me Instantly— You will...
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