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Love this article!!!
Right on Sadie!!! You speak such elemental truths. We need to learn to incorporate the light, the dark and all the juiciness in between to truly know our own power. This is life, start getting up front and personal with it because what you deny will keep coming back to challenge you. Much LOVE.
Thank You Sadie,
I was a bit surprised this needed to be said, but should not be. In a society operating on fraud and corruption from its money, media, corporations and government, we need to remind ourselves how much more valued appearance is than substance and make an effort not to fall into that trap. That it should also affect the spiritual practice should not surprise me or anyone else.
Blessings X 10,
Ed
Well I enjoyed the read but thought we were talking about religion instead of yoga.
I particularly liked, ".........stop talking only in pleasant "yoga voice" tones, get back to some straight talk, start dealing with our own bullshit--and turn it into fertilizer for our spiritual gardens.........."
I dont do yoga but I probably should. But at 50 I'm all about the no bullshit part of life. My spiritual beliefs aren't just beliefs from a way to live good but what I think the Lord intended. I don't think he intended alot of the crap thats written. I believe we're all about 2 steps from the jungle still. And the further we get from it the worse off we are. We evolved into who we are now but that doesnt mean we're not animals.
I much prefer my inner austrolepithicus over corporate man. What a strange mix. Makes me laugh.
Laughing is good. :-)
I'm just a snaaab.
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