Final week of working with the overarching theme of ahimsa in our practice together. This week we’ve been working with the idea of ahimsa, “not causing pain/injury,” for the world and greater community around us. I think in some ways it’s harder to practice ahimsa, when there is so much happening in the world that feels unjust and painful. Sometimes a natural reaction is to want to feel that pain and inflict pain as a counter. So how can we modulate in a way that we are not putting more of that energy into the world?
“Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living is impossible without a certain amount of violence. What we have to do is to minimize it to the greatest extent possible." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
How do we see the challenges in the world and not mirror that back, or FEEL like we HAVE to mirror that back as a rebuttal or response?
“Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is a positive cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred is replaced by love. Ahimsa is true self sacrifice. Ahimsa is forgiveness. Ahimsa is Shaki (power). Ahimsa is strength.” ~ Sivananda
Let’s work on spreading more ahimsa into the world. Hope that resonates with you.
Namaste
