Monthly Archive for October, 2010
I am struck by how obvious, yet secret, the relationship between science, religion and truth are. This could be another example of ’words very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice, yet no one in the world can understand them or put them into practice‘. There is, I’ve found, profound spiritual meaning in core scientific laws (truths). Why then the battle between religion and science. The problem begin with definition. There is the blatantly partisan side of religion, and the common humble spiritual truth from which religion spring. The Latin root, religare (”to reconnect,”) says it all (the prefix re “again” + ligare “bind, connect”). The war we see, are battles between the religious partisans and science. These passionate adherents are religious in name mostly. Continue reading ‘Science, Religion, Truth’
Yes, many suspect that is true, but specifically what do children know that adults forget? A recent article in Science News, Young kids can’t face up to disgust give some clues. Consider this excerpt for example:
Kids viewed images on a computer screen of adults displaying the six basic emotional expressions. The kids’ task was to assign faces to boxes at the bottom of the screen that had been designated for specific emotions, such as an “angry” box. The boxes were tagged with written labels for older children; the researchers read the expression names to younger subjects.
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I wrote this Yoga manual[1] in 1979. While it still holds up well, I decided it’s worth updating. As part of this, I am attempting to sum up the Principles (the “spirit of yoga”) as I see it today.
Yoga is a process, not a destination. So many folks think of yoga as something you need flexibility for. Just the opposite. If anything, the more flexible you are, the harder yoga becomes. Again, unlike most secular things in life, yoga isn’t about the destination. It is about the journey…the way. Continue reading ‘The Spirit of Yoga’
A World Filtered Blue
I know, that sounds odd. I suppose it parallels that equally intriguing One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know. The problem with thought lies in the preconceptions necessary to think, and of course speak. This sets up a wall of ‘understanding’ which hinders us from seeing anything outside that wall of preconception (i.e., ‘understanding’ requires relying on the preconceptions – words and names – instilled into our awareness as infants). Continue reading ‘The less I think, the more I know’
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