Whatever we find ourselves engaged in, the jewel of AHIMSA, or nonviolence, asks us to step lightly, do no harm, and to honour the relationship we have with the earth, with eachother and with ourselves.
[Deborah Adele: «The Yamas & Niyamas»]
SATYA: Reading Gandhi´s autobiaography his statement about life being an experiment with truth. Not nonviolence - truth. This captures the power that living with truth has … This was arguably the greatest nonviolent revolution in history, and all because of one man´s experiment with truth. It makes me wonder what life might look like if we were willing to contact truthfuness in every moment.
[Deborah Adele: «The Yamas & Niyamas»]
ASTEYA: Where stealing unleashes pain and suffering on our self and others, building our competency opens up a world of joy and possibility. It is a grand adventure to turn our attention away from stealing and towards the life long task of shaping ourselves into someone of value.
[Deborah Adele: «The Yamas & Niyamas»]
BRAHMACHARYA: In yogic thought, there is a moment in time when we reach the perfect limit of what we are engaged in. It is this moment of «just enough» that we need to recognize.
[Deborah Adele: «The Yamas & Niyamas»]
APARIGRAHA: Like the breath when helt too long, the things that nourish us can become toxic.
[Deborah Adele: «The Yamas & Niyamas»]
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