The Grace of Knowing [Where the Wild Things Are] (mostly the music and a “wild” excerpt) June 10, 2023
Posted by ajoyfulpractice in Art, Books, Healing Stories, Health, Hope, Life, Music, One Hoop, Pain, Philosophy, Suffering, Tragedy, Wisdom, Writing, Yoga.Tags: Christopher Walken, Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell, Maurice Sendak, monomyth, Shastra, shastra kripa, Vihari-Lal Mitra, Wayman Tisdale, Yoga Vasishtha
add a comment
Happy Pride! Many blessings to all!!
“24. Take the purport of my discourse in such manner, as to leave out what is unintelligible, and lay hold on its substance; as the swan separates and sucks the milk which is mixed with water.
25. Ponder upon it repeatedly, and consider it well in thy mind, and go on in this way to conduct yourself in life (viz by suppression of your desires, weakening the mind, restraining the breathing, and acquiring of knowledge).
26. By going on in this manner, you are sure to evade all dangers; or else you must fall ere long like the heavy elephant, in some pitfall of the Vindhya mountain. (Pitfalls are the only means of catching elephants).
27. If you do not receive my words with attention, and act accordingly, you are sure to fall into the pit like a blind man left to go alone in the dark; and to be blown away like a lighted lamp, exposed in the open air.”
– quoted from (Book 6) “CHAPTER I. Description of the evening and Breaking of the Assembly.” of The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki (translated from the original Sanskrit by VIHARI-LALA MITRA)
Here’s an excerpt from today’s date-related 2020 post:
“How do we keep from becoming, to paraphrase Joseph Campbell, a screaming paranoid person? How do we face trauma, loss, and disability with a smile on our face, as Wayman Tisdale did? Maybe we have to go all the way back to the womb to figure out why some people survive the challenging circumstances they face in life. Maybe we have to go back even farther than that to see why some people just inherently know how to stay connected to their ‘inside stuff’ even when life throws them one curve ball after another fast ball. Whatever the reason some people rebound and some people don’t (or don’t as easily as others), trying to figure out that reason has fascinated people since the beginning of time.
Children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, born today in 1928, in Brooklyn, New York, once said, ‘I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?’”
Here, here be the wild things! Click here to continue reading this 2020 post.
Please join me for a 90-minute virtual yoga practice on Zoom today (Saturday, June 10th) at 12:00 PM. Use the link from the “Class Schedules” calendar if you run into any problems checking into the class. You can request an audio recording of this practice via a comment below or by emailing myra (at) ajoyfulpractice.com.
Since music soothes the wild beasts, the goblins, and the cooks, Saturday’s playlist is available on YouTube and Spotify. [Look for “06102020 Here Be The Wild Things”]
NOTE: YouTube is the original playlist and includes the video below.
My all time favorite rendition!
In the spirit of generosity (“dana”), the Zoom classes, recordings, and blog posts are freely given and freely received. If you are able to support these teachings, please do so as your heart moves you. (NOTE: You can donate even if you are “attending” a practice that is not designated as a “Common Ground Meditation Center” practice, or you can purchase class(es). Donations are tax deductible; class purchases are not necessarily deductible.)
Check out the “Class Schedules” calendar for upcoming classes.
A Joyful Practice 