'Sometimes I hate the words, 'still crying although you're a grown up'. The truth is, the more I grow, the more I mature, the more I cry. Crying when I was younger, did not hurt as much as crying during adulthood.' Wasn’t life much simpler as a child? When you knew nothing about consequences, & just blindly did whatever you wanted to, & then whatever the outcome was, you just dealt with it there & then? What in actuality is innocence? & how much can one afford to stay innocent? Is being innocent or 'un-innocent' a choice we are able to make, in the first place? Or is one just destined to be come into & go out of this world that way? What is the difference between innocence & foolishness? I love this meme. It made me realize that the harsh truth that, sometimes, the more I experience life, the harder it gets to just live & let live. If you have always done the same thing, without getting the results you wanted, is it mere innocence or sheer foolishness to continue on doing the same thing? But at the same time, although you are doing the same thing, in each situation, many, if not all, external stimuli differ, things which are beyond our control…so how? Try, try again? Maybe it depends on what you are willing to risk. Are you willing to risk a heckuva lot of money to invest in a new business venture? Are you willing to risk a friendship, in order to pursue a relationship? Are you willing to risk your mind, in order to gain your sanity? Maybe it depends on where your heart is? How strongly you feel about something, regardless of what is at stake? ‘No mind’, ‘be present’; yes, these are the main purposes of meditation & yoga, but dayum, where does one draw the line between right & wrong usage of brain in processing past experiences? Knowing pain & hardship, one requires much more courage to maneuver through life with a pure heart. Fear of failure & difficult emotions is hard to push aside. Sometimes life is easier when you don’t know shiz, when the whole world seems like an idyllic fairyland. But at the same time, being the person you are right now, would you want to go back in time & erase any experiences you’ve had? Considering that everything good & bad has worked to mold you into who & what you are this very moment, & if you never went through all that, you wouldn’t be any wiser? Which will you have: wise madness, or foolish sanity? - Miguel de Cervantes - Where can one purchase wise madness? & how much do I have to pay for it? Osho talks on innocence, & keeping the child within us alive.
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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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