Comments on: Yoga Ethics 3, Non-Stealing, Asteya http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/ Yoga as coming home to the Self. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Saturday Morning Sanskrit | veggievinyasa http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-21023 Saturday Morning Sanskrit | veggievinyasa Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:26:23 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-21023 [...] Believe me when I say I am just as guilty as the next person in overconsumption. Carolyn’s blog post talks about how in today’s society it is the norm to be wasteful and what a challenge we have [...] [...] Believe me when I say I am just as guilty as the next person in overconsumption. Carolyn’s blog post talks about how in today’s society it is the norm to be wasteful and what a challenge we have [...]

]]> By: carolyn aka LaughingYogini http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-16235 carolyn aka LaughingYogini Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:36:24 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-16235 Oh Mary, "When we are centered, in integrity with ourselves, sufficiency, wholeness, completeness and joy are cultivated from within. Understanding (sometimes with surprise) arises that we already have all we need and that ‘we are the ones we have been looking for’. " Such wisdom. A gorgeous comment that really deepens the practice. Thanks for being here. Oh Mary, “When we are centered, in integrity with ourselves, sufficiency, wholeness, completeness and joy are cultivated from within. Understanding (sometimes with surprise) arises that we already have all we need and that ‘we are the ones we have been looking for’. ” Such wisdom. A gorgeous comment that really deepens the practice. Thanks for being here.

]]> By: warmheartyoga http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-14693 warmheartyoga Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:58:38 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-14693 Thank you for this practical post on Asteya and Patanjali's Sutra 2:37! The practice of asteya is a reflection of one's integrity. When we are centered, in integrity with ourselves, sufficiency, wholeness, completeness and joy are cultivated from within. Understanding (sometimes with surprise) arises that we already have all we need and that 'we are the ones we have been looking for'. We are freed from mistakenly relying on what is outside to enrich our lives and as we generate reverence for our own integral being, we generate the same for others, increasing awareness of and respect for our own and their time, energy, and resources. From this awareness, our focus shifts toward what we may offer instead of what might be gained-- and through asteya, an incredible abundance becomes shared. Namaste, Mary Thank you for this practical post on Asteya and Patanjali’s Sutra 2:37!

The practice of asteya is a reflection of one’s integrity. When we are centered, in integrity with ourselves, sufficiency, wholeness, completeness and joy are cultivated from within. Understanding (sometimes with surprise) arises that we already have all we need and that ‘we are the ones we have been looking for’.

We are freed from mistakenly relying on what is outside to enrich our lives and as we generate reverence for our own integral being, we generate the same for others, increasing awareness of and respect for our own and their time, energy, and resources.

From this awareness, our focus shifts toward what we may offer instead of what might be gained– and through asteya, an incredible abundance becomes shared.

Namaste,
Mary

]]> By: carolyn aka LaughingYogini http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-9279 carolyn aka LaughingYogini Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:24:47 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-9279 Blisschick, re-reading your comment today and thinking about the connection you - and the Desert Father's - made regarding the mind's role on the path of enlightenment. Isn't it wonderful how such different religious cultures come up with the same idea? And here we are today, on our mats, re-discovering it all over again. Thanks again for your comment. Donna, ooops, I missed your comment last January (it was a tough winter with both of my parents' deaths)....Hope you are still feeling good in your decision to teach and that your surroundings are growing lighter and lighter. Love love love this. I'm going to use your comment in a new post on asteya: "Teaching and practicing yoga has lifted the burden of wanting “stuff”." Thanks for being. Blisschick, re-reading your comment today and thinking about the connection you – and the Desert Father’s – made regarding the mind’s role on the path of enlightenment. Isn’t it wonderful how such different religious cultures come up with the same idea? And here we are today, on our mats, re-discovering it all over again.
Thanks again for your comment.

Donna, ooops, I missed your comment last January (it was a tough winter with both of my parents’ deaths)….Hope you are still feeling good in your decision to teach and that your surroundings are growing lighter and lighter. Love love love this.

I’m going to use your comment in a new post on asteya: “Teaching and practicing yoga has lifted the burden of wanting “stuff”.”

Thanks for being.

]]> By: Donna Marguglio http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-1697 Donna Marguglio Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:17:34 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-1697 This is wonderful! I was searching for something on Patanjali and decluttering and got exactly what I needed. I've never really held onto a lot of physical things, but emtional...hmmm...that's a different story. Teaching and practicing yoga has lifted the burden of wanting "stuff". I love your comment about having the business plan with the big bucks. I had the same and still do, but it has been rewritten on a different level. Now I teach. It's difficult financially right now, but I absolutely love it. Life feels so much better when you're doing something you love. My surroundings are getting lighter and lighter. This is wonderful! I was searching for something on Patanjali and decluttering and got exactly what I needed. I’ve never really held onto a lot of physical things, but emtional…hmmm…that’s a different story. Teaching and practicing yoga has lifted the burden of wanting “stuff”. I love your comment about having the business plan with the big bucks. I had the same and still do, but it has been rewritten on a different level. Now I teach. It’s difficult financially right now, but I absolutely love it. Life feels so much better when you’re doing something you love. My surroundings are getting lighter and lighter.

]]> By: The Laughing Yogini http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-241 The Laughing Yogini Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:54:32 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-241 <strong>LEA,</strong> Welcome to LaughingYogini - so good to see you here. Glad you enjoyed and "received." carolyn <strong>BLISSCHICK</strong>, intriguing thoughts....wondering where you are reading the Desert Fathers? Do you have a post about them? YES.....regular folks live by rules. Mysticism, by its very nature, is beyond rules. Mystics live on the level of the spirit - ahhh, that's why we love them so. Some of us were simply born mystics, at least I think that's what explains the unavoidable attraction to the spiritual life. There was an interesting article a while back regarding feelings of spirituality from a scientific viewpoint though. It was intriguing as it explained PHYSICAL reasons, sometimes in the environment that cause folks to "go spiritual." I'll try to dig it up. <strong>LIARA,</strong> Fascinating juxtapositioning of decluttering and Deva Premal. I'll always think of that now when I listen to her! You are right of course. No one would ever say that there is an ounce of clutter in her mantras. Perce related her feelings in class when we played Deva Premal's Satsang cd in class on the <a href="http://laughingyogini.com/about/" rel="nofollow">ABOUT THE YOGINI </a>page. LEA, Welcome to LaughingYogini – so good to see you here. Glad you enjoyed and “received.” carolyn

BLISSCHICK, intriguing thoughts….wondering where you are reading the Desert Fathers? Do you have a post about them?

YES…..regular folks live by rules. Mysticism, by its very nature, is beyond rules. Mystics live on the level of the spirit – ahhh, that’s why we love them so. Some of us were simply born mystics, at least I think that’s what explains the unavoidable attraction to the spiritual life.

There was an interesting article a while back regarding feelings of spirituality from a scientific viewpoint though. It was intriguing as it explained PHYSICAL reasons, sometimes in the environment that cause folks to “go spiritual.” I’ll try to dig it up.

LIARA, Fascinating juxtapositioning of decluttering and Deva Premal. I’ll always think of that now when I listen to her!

You are right of course. No one would ever say that there is an ounce of clutter in her mantras. Perce related her feelings in class when we played Deva Premal’s Satsang cd in class on the ABOUT THE YOGINI page.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Liara Covert Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:22:56 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-233 Declutering is an effective way to permit energy to flow more freely within and around you. The musical mantra posted above is incredibly uplifting. Thanks for sharing. <abbr><em>Liara Covert’s last blog post..<a href="http://blog.dreambuilders.com.au/journal/2009/3/1/why-believe-in-supernatural-intervention.html" rel="nofollow">Why believe in supernatural intervention?</a></abbr></em> Declutering is an effective way to permit energy to flow more freely within and around you. The musical mantra posted above is incredibly uplifting. Thanks for sharing.

Liara Covert’s last blog post..Why believe in supernatural intervention?

]]> By: Blisschick http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Blisschick Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:27:30 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-226 I've been thinking about this in relation to mystical catholicism actually... The seven deadly sins list is not supposed to be a list of rules regarding our material lives, but that is what they have turned into and that is sad because there is much to learn from them. They actually were born of the Desert Fathers' 8 Bad Thoughts, a much more "eastern" version in that these early monks believed that our demons were of the mind and that controlling the mind was how we attained any kind of enlightenment. Not just by following some rule book and getting points! Arrgghhh. :) <abbr><em>Blisschick’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.blisschick.net/2009/01/mysticbliss-rilke-on-death.html" rel="nofollow">MysticBliss: Rilke on Death</a></abbr></em> I’ve been thinking about this in relation to mystical catholicism actually…

The seven deadly sins list is not supposed to be a list of rules regarding our material lives, but that is what they have turned into and that is sad because there is much to learn from them.

They actually were born of the Desert Fathers’ 8 Bad Thoughts, a much more “eastern” version in that these early monks believed that our demons were of the mind and that controlling the mind was how we attained any kind of enlightenment.

Not just by following some rule book and getting points! Arrgghhh. :)

Blisschick’s last blog post..MysticBliss: Rilke on Death

]]> By: Lea http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/02/yoga-ethics-3-non-stealing-asteya/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Lea Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:01:14 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=1921#comment-225 Congratulations and keep up the good work. Love & blessings :) <abbr><em>Lea’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.oceanofperspectives.com/two-awards/" rel="nofollow">Two Awards</a></abbr></em> Congratulations and keep up the good work. Love & blessings :)

Lea’s last blog post..Two Awards

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