Jules Mitchell Yoga » Ashtanga http://julesmitchell.com/blog Yoga Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:05:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Notes from April 28ths class http://julesmitchell.com/blog/2009/04/29/notes-from-april-28ths-class/ http://julesmitchell.com/blog/2009/04/29/notes-from-april-28ths-class/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:51:00 +0000 admin http://julesmitchell.com/blog/?p=35 A peasant once asked Ramakrishna, “I am a simple villager.  In one sentence please tell how I can obtain happiness”  Ramakrishna replied “Totally accept the fact that you are a machine operated upon by God.”

 

In the Gita Krishna says “All actions are done in all cases by the gunas (qualities) of prakriti (nature).  He whose mind is deluded through egoism thinks I am the doer.” 

 

 

The ego develops from the belief that we have free will.

The ego produces suffering.

The traditional Ashtanga sequence is the surrender of free will.

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