This week we read and reviewed chapters 14 - 16. We did the "Relax Into Greatness" meditation, which is yoga nidra (deep relaxation/"yogic sleep"). We did a quick 5 minute exercise of writing our individual sankalpas over and over and over again, to discover what other resistances (vikalpas) might be lurking in the background still. We chose a bad habit/time waster from our list to give up for the upcoming week. Each time we have the urge to partake in this bad habit/time waster, we will NOT do it, and instead mentally repeat our sankalpa to ourselves in place of it. This process is called "seeding the gap".
Next week's assignments:
Wed., Nov. 16th: read Ch. 17 on your own for meet up; we will read and discuss chapters 18 and 19 together. We will do the "Accessing your Dhi" exercise , and the Healing the Heart meditation together on Wed. as well.
Thur., Nov. 17th: read Ch. 20 on your own for the meet up; we will read and discuss chapters 21-23 together. We will do the "Vairagya" exercise (parts 1 & 2), and the meditation to Increase Vairagya together on Thur.
We will not meet up the week of Thanksgiving.
Our last meet up will be on Wed., Nov. 30th!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Week 3: Vikalpa
No need to post/share your vikalpas...unless you wan to. But DO be sure you have done the exercises and taken the steps to identify your vikalpa(s); without this step, you will most likely remain unaware of the resistances that are standing in the way of you fulfilling your sankalpas. You can not weaken/lessen resistance if you do not know what the resistance is!
Week 4 assignment:
1/ Vikalpa Exercise (p. 146)
2/ Exercise: Listing Your Bad Habits (p. 154)...focus on bad habits that are mainly time wasters.
3/ Read Ch. 14-16
We will share our Vikalpas with each other at the meet up...but don't worry...we will not have to share the actual eulogies that we write for the Vikalpa exercise...so please feel comfortable to write as freely and honestly as possible in this exercise...for the most benefit.
We will do the Relax Into Greatness Meditation at the meet up this Wednesday, Nov. 9th.
Week 4 assignment:
1/ Vikalpa Exercise (p. 146)
2/ Exercise: Listing Your Bad Habits (p. 154)...focus on bad habits that are mainly time wasters.
3/ Read Ch. 14-16
We will share our Vikalpas with each other at the meet up...but don't worry...we will not have to share the actual eulogies that we write for the Vikalpa exercise...so please feel comfortable to write as freely and honestly as possible in this exercise...for the most benefit.
We will do the Relax Into Greatness Meditation at the meet up this Wednesday, Nov. 9th.
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