Monday, October 05, 2020

Firm Grounding

 “sat u dirgha kala nairantarya satkara sevito drdhabhumih” Yoga Sutras

“Practice becomes firmly grounded on being continued over a long period of time without interruption and with sincere devotion”

I am not a great believer in Saturday Night epiphanies. I worry about Monday. There is no big secret. A lot of what we need to know is freely available. The challenge is embodying the right behaviours and building a daily practice. Not what you do today. What you do day after day. Firm grounding requires time. A long time. The key isn’t whether you can maintain your practice if the conditions are perfect. The key is whether you are able to sustain your practice through the chaos. In the real world. With all its distractions and challenges. Practice and Non-attachment. Solving problems without becoming overwhelmed by them. Epiphanies are more useful when they are the realisation of something that is already there. Has been built up over a long time. Is there to stay. Sustainably.

"Dynamism of a Cyclist" Boccioni (1913)
Trying to capture complexity in a single moment


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