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Divine Love b) Freeman Yoga Fundamentalism |
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Divine Love
See the Divine in each Student, This is the way you will come to know it in yourself. Then, there is no other or separate self. This is Yoga. This is the very essence of teaching yoga. This is the primary function of a yoga teacher: to break down the apparent separation within and without. If you can do it with the most difficult person you find, you will be able to do it within. Look for the Divine spark within. Go to the root. Standing before you is God in one of Her many disguises. Extend your love to the deepest part to the person standing in front of you. Establish a transcendental connection by going to the transcendent place your self. By looking at another’s faults, we do not help them in any way. By looking at the faults in another we only create defensiveness in them, reinforcing those qualities. Get that this person is suffering. This person is running away from impermanence through their denial mechanisms. A person’s defects and bad qualities may be very obvious or hidden, but these undesirable qualities do not represent their totality. Their faults are only temporary. “The only thing that separates the saint and the sinner is time. They will soon change places.” By seeing the Divine in someone, we transcend the ordinary, the critical, the judgmental. We become available to help the other become established with the divine. Love is Oneness. A yoga teacher needs to love like a mother that accepts any imperfections in her child, and loves them with all her being. An unshakable Oneness. Exercise: Before class, take a few minutes to stop. Before anyone comes into the room, focus your attention in the heart, awaken your love, expect to see the Divine in each person as they walk through the door. After you have done this countless times, it becomes a new pattern, a new way of seeing. More and more, you begin living in Yoga. |
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