It’s All Yoga

It’s all yoga now:

it’s all yoga now, everything, life — and recognized in the original meaning of the word of being joined together, our daily living already a path to the divine. In the yogic traditions it’s called sadhana, a spiritual exercise or practice, and with an easy sense of awareness every aspect of our lives is seen through the lens of a sacred union, that life is always joined in seamless order, and our practice is simply a means to express it. This is really nothing special, our lives change little with this recognition, but of course everything is different too, objects seem to shine with this awareness, things tend to lose a single meaning of and by themselves alone, and are seen in light of their dependence of our view.

everything belongs.

this isn’t seen as anything special by reason that it’s just how things are, how they’ve always been, and that we’re seeing it now as if for the very first time, even though we deeply knew it all along. That’s the joy of awakening, seeing, hearing, every sense really, is now alive as our practice, a means of direct recognition of our original and present nature. It’s all yoga now, not really a practice by way of any effort, but more a sadhana of recognition, a gentle nod towards the ease of seeing how everything belongs exactly as it’s found through every moment, and how even our wish to change a present situation…