“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”
The passing of Neale Daniher brought this Greek proverb to mind because there are certain human beings whose lives begin to operate far beyond the boundaries of personal ambition, fear, or the instinct for personal survival, and instead become devoted to building something enduring that future generations will inherit.
The Truth About Karma
In the Vedic worldview, karma is often misunderstood, because many of us hear the word and imagine a cosmic scoreboard measuring our behaviour, yet the original meaning is far more subtle and far more liberating. Karma refers to action that binds, action taken from stress, fear, confusion, or ego that pulls us out of alignment with the natural flow of life, creating a small knot in our system. The knot is not wrong or bad, it is simply a configuration that restricts our freedom to move as fluidly as we could.
Read MoreNature Does Not Force Calm, It Allows Motion
Working with boys as an OT has taught me something about the intelligence of nature and the way it restores balance when we give it the space to do so.
There is a belief that emotional maturity comes from stillness, from sitting quietly, from holding it together and thinking harder. But boys are not built to regulate through stillness first.
Read MoreBeing Good At Vedic Meditation
Being good at Vedic Meditation, is not about diving deep every time you sit but about letting go and allowing the experience to unfold. My practice? Just sitting twice a day, no matter what. No trying… just no resisting. Simple, natural, innocence. Good things are happening, whether it is shallow or deep.
Read MoreVedic Meditation doesn’t just provide us with a systematic way of releasing stress from the physiology. It gives us a twice daily reminder of our true nature. When we allow the mind to settle to its least excited state of awareness, a state beyond thoughts, we make contact with bliss and we realise we are much more than our thoughts and emotions and we are not bound by the physical body.
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