So this class we had that wonderful visiting instructor for Arizona again, Kim. She really helps you work harder and harder with all the moves. She also says some good stuff to keep your meditation on track. I have to admit my focus was rough today, as I am dealing with some feelings about sick loved ones that I hate to see struggle.
Today she said "The heaviest thing you are going to carry in this class are ego and expectation." She was talking about how your ego sits on your shoulder and heckles you saying, your not good enough and you suck etc... The little monster of self doubt questioning your self worth. She laid down another little gem that really worked as well. She was referring to a new student in class named Dan. She said that when Dan dies his grave stone may say "He raised wonderful children, was good to people, was non-violent, and ... he never did get that standing forehead to knee posture right however." This brings it home to the thought of leaving your ego and expectations out of it.
She also concluded the class with a great poem, I wish I had a copy of it. The gist of it was:
"If you are nice, people may be mean to you, but be nice anyway. If you are vulnerable people may take advantage of you, be vulnerable anyway. If you are gentle people may be rough with you, be gentle anyway. If you are generous people may take from you, give anyway. At the end you realize that it has never been between you and the other people it has always been between you and yourself and god."
The moral of the story is "Do good for the sake of good, be nice for the sake of niceness, be gentle for the sake of gentility, give for the pleasure of giving."
Leave ego out of it. Let yourself be. Love unconditionally. Tall order, but all we can do is stand up, look in the mirror and love what we see in ourselves and others.
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