“I’m slowing down the tune. I never liked it fast. You want
to get there soon. I want to get there last” sang Leonard Cohen. Sometimes we
need to pause, and take a breath. The destination isn’t the point, because we
never arrive. “Bear insult, bear injury, highest Yoga. Bear insult, bear
injury, highest Sadhana” sang Swami Sivananda. Yoga is union/joining. It is the
stilling of the waves of the mind and heart. Sadhana is practice. The practice
of seeing the union in everything. Of letting go of weighing and measuring the
bits of everything, in comparison to each other. The biggest insult is often
when people think we are failures. When we fail to meet their expectations. This
is regularly because we are seduced by Conspicuous Progress. Outward signs of being
very impressive. Successful. Most of the mental health work we need to do is
internal. The waves only we get disturbed by, even when outwardly calm. The
irony is that the insults of disrespect, dismissiveness, and derisiveness are probably
a sign of the internal struggles of the person sending them out.
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