What to say. Honestly, dear friends, one of my biggest challenges is finding balance between...between what, I don't know how to explain in written words. How does one put into words what is felt when listening to a song? Or when looking at a flower, or a sunset? Sometimes I feel that my writing is futile, because at the end of the day, what matters? Life is what it is, regardless of what my opinion of it is. Everything is happening according to the Divine Plan. The world will go on spinning, time goes on, everything keeps moving...so why should I write? & knowing that there is no right & wrong in the world, that everything is relative, that everything goes according to its individual situation...why should I present a solid, definite answer on a certain subject? Many have asked me, which religion, which discipline, which lineage, I follow....I really cannot give an answer. I thought I was of a certain religion. But it turns out, I am not. I thought I was a yogi. I thought I was a Tantrika. I thought I was many other things. But one thing which I can say is consistent in my experience: love is the binding element of all these. Everything is interconnected. In yoga, we practice love for the self. That in loving the self, we will inadvertently love others too. In Christianity: thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. In the Baul tradition: there is no need for any practice or discipline, music, dance, happiness, is the way to divinity. In Tantra, we get a glimpse of godliness through the beloved. The relationship is a gateway to spirituality. In Sufism: God is the beloved. How to explain, how to explain, how to explain, dear friends. This question has been spinning in my mind for a long time, but even more these past few days. Godliness is in everything. It is only our human perceptions of them which make them 'good' or 'bad'. Can't be labelled. Certain things cannot be labelled, no matter how much you try to. It is in the wilderness where life truly is. The mind always wants to be in control, to put things into categories, to bring order to everything. But in reality, life is organized chaos. There is no reason in love, it just happens. It is illogical, it is without cause, without preconceptions, without ulterior motives. & that's where the beauty of love lies. It is nonsense says reason It is what it is says love It is calamity says calculation It is nothing but pain says fear It is hopeless says insight It is what it is says love It is ludicrous says pride It is foolish says caution It is impossible says experience It is what it is says love - Erich Fried - The deeper I go into life, the more I realize...I don't know anything.
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About Prabh LehriI am a yoga teacher based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am passionate about yoga as a form of healing on the physical, emotional & mental level. I have been on a yoga journey for almost a decade and have been formally sharing my experience in the last 4 years. Archives
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