Monday, August 6, 2012
Ahimsa (Non-harming)
It is so often that I either hear somebody criticizing somebody else in their general vicinity, speaking harshly of themselves, or both. Even if these kinds of words are directed solely outward, I find that it reveals a lot about the insecurities of the speaker him/herself.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" ~ Plato
We all show up here with our own baggage to sort through. I've found that the more willing I am to let others slide when it comes to things that tend to rub me the wrong way, the easier it is to not take myself too seriously. Give yourself (and others) the permission to just be and to accept yourself unconditionally, faults and all, and suddenly you are able to look at yourself honestly.
"Forgiveness is the act of admitting that we are like other people." ~ Christina Baldwin
To somebody who has never been in that space, I suppose that kind of introspection might seem pretty insignificant. Nothing could be further from the truth, in my opinion. Everybody knows what it's like to have ups and downs. A lot of times the sucky things that we experience seem to have no rhyme or reason behind them. Most of the things that happen to us though, are actually happening because of habits and mental tendencies that we've had so long we don't ever think to question them.
"All that we are is the result of all that we have thought" ~ Gautama Buddha
When we stop being afraid to really examine ourselves and we set aside a little time to do so regularly, we start noticing, "Hey, this thing I'm always doing doesn't really seem to make sense." or, "This just doesn't seem to be working out well for me anymore." In this way a lot of useless old junk that we've been dragging around for no good reason just gets dropped. It can become a rapid evolution of a person's consciousness.
Cultivating this type of attitude and awareness is beneficial in every area of a person's life. I bring it up here because the majority of the barriers to physical fitness and overall well-being that people encounter are these types of habitual patterns that have outlived their usefulness but are still being acted out.
Break down those barriers. Level up!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" ~ Plato
"Forgiveness is the act of admitting that we are like other people." ~ Christina Baldwin
To somebody who has never been in that space, I suppose that kind of introspection might seem pretty insignificant. Nothing could be further from the truth, in my opinion. Everybody knows what it's like to have ups and downs. A lot of times the sucky things that we experience seem to have no rhyme or reason behind them. Most of the things that happen to us though, are actually happening because of habits and mental tendencies that we've had so long we don't ever think to question them.
"All that we are is the result of all that we have thought" ~ Gautama Buddha
Cultivating this type of attitude and awareness is beneficial in every area of a person's life. I bring it up here because the majority of the barriers to physical fitness and overall well-being that people encounter are these types of habitual patterns that have outlived their usefulness but are still being acted out.
Break down those barriers. Level up!
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