Last Friday night's hot yoga class, we discussed this first line of the Anusara Invocation.
This month, my friend and instructor, Dara Brown, is breaking it down line by line. Thanks Dara!
This first line of the invocation means: I offer myself to the Light, the Auspicious One, who is the True Teacher within and without.
OM means God is within you. "Om is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it"
Om is also a symbol of grace.
Namah Shivaya Gurave is actually a question. It asks, "who are you?", and it answers "You are the highest teacher."
This was important to me to learn this, not just b/c I have been singing the invocation now before classes for a couple of months, but b/c I want to be a teacher of sorts.
I want to help rehab persons in the near future, and I also want to be a personal coach or trainer soon.
The best quality of a teacher, is one who turns the mirror back on to you...to show you your best potential. To show you YOU! These are the ones who tear down your walls. They want to see you improve and do your best.
This is also the quality I am looking for in a soul mate. Someone who challenges me to be my highest self...never compromising my integrity.
Who are YOU i ask?
Do you line up with your highest teacher?
About Me
- SueBear
- “The moment inbetween what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.” ~ Barbara De Angelis "Nothing happens without personal transformation." I decided one day I wanted to change. I wanted more from life. I realized that if you want more, YOU have to make it happen. You have to go to it and create it. The most powerful weapon against a mediocre life is practice. And just like a fire, the human spirit needs to be lit again each day.
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