Eternal struggle?

“I’ve reached the top and had to stop, and that’s whats bothering me….” – King Luis, The Jungle book.

This cute quote from the famous kids book seems to sum up the avarice of our monkey mind – the need to keep getting better. Can we say that the desire to continue the reaching and aspiring at any cost may be the source of so much of human suffering and exploitation that we experience and see around us?

Can we continue to look outside ourselves to stop the ‘problems’ we see all around us in the world of the environment, economics, politics and industry? Are these activities the cause of the problems or are they the symptoms of something deeper?

Yogi’s are those who inquire with in themselves with honesty and sensitivity. Those who can accept that there is a play in the mind of labeling and qualifying. These qualifications define objects as desirable or undesirable. Often our motivations come from a desire to get more of something and/or avoid something else.
In this struggle (because Life is filled with good and bad) we get used to a level of activity and achievement. In particular we can become addicts to approval, recognition. “I am an Achiever” “I did this” (with feeling of satisfaction) this action of the mind can pull us into senseless action just for the sake of the achievement, it can be a away to validate ourself in a world that can seem senseless. Do we sometimes ignore the real value of things in favor of the doing of an action to receive the associated accolade for having ‘done it’?

Yoga practice is a set of tools that can bring light into this unconscious situation.

Yoga reveals its self in practice. We can say is that the magic of life that is happening all around us can become dulled by overloaded senses and a mind that generalizes events in to the frame of ‘familiarity’. Our perception is conditioned to accept certain values irrespective of their current validity. Awaking that comes with practice helps to go beyond these limitations.

Yoga practice helps us to become clear about the harmony that is arising in any given moment. A harmony of ‘me’- the personal experience and the impersonal self; the universal forces that shape the unfolding of every moment.

Byoga is the website that displays what and where Peter shares the practice of these awareness raising tools. His incitement is for you to engage in a practice of yoga that is challenging and dynamic, while subtle and inward.

See the links at the top of this page for information about Peters back ground and where he runs Workshops, day intensives and retreats.

Through regular practice yoga can keep the mind and body fresh. Gradually with perseverance, awareness of subtle aspects of the mind creep into our perception. Being connected more fully we are can be better informed about life choices, effectively our awareness brings wisdom into action on a daily basis.

In any given moment these fruits of the practice are sometimes felt deeply and at other times completely missed. However, the practice can always be considered “fruitful” because it cultivates awareness that recognizes the nature of constant flux and no longer seeks to identify it’s self with the out come of its action in such a strong way that they might cause harm. This come about through direct experience of wholeness.

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