KatherineA
08-02-2011, 03:12 PM
Since I am (I admit) often come across or actually act (gasp) that it should be my way or the highway or what I believe about stuff is the only "right" way (really it is the left way), this article hit home with me.
It is a short blog article - anyway here is the quote we (including me) should probably keep in mind more often.
"Let’s be careful out their folks, lets share what we know with a humble understanding of grace and love. Let us be the first to work on removing ego from the equation.
Dogma is dangerous. Righteousness leads to division. There is space for all…there really really is."
The blog topic is: There is no such thing as karma – or how anything can become dogma bullsh*t
Hopefully this link works: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/there-is-no-such-thing-as-karma---or-how-anything-can-become-dogma-bullsht/
Another excerpt (really most of the article)
I see people getting really hurt, angry, upset and otherwise hacked off when others don’t agree with their way…I see teachers completely unable to accept that their way may not work for everyone and well it’s getting a bit old. If your way works for you and makes you happy can’t I have my way? I’m sorry but no one…absolutely no one has all the answers…
Here’s my take — their is no such thing as:
a panacea; a universal principle, one size fits all, a single path, a way to know the absolute truth, law
In my opinion there is only:
experience, questions, feelings, ideas, interactions, relationships, happenings, growing, changing
So if a student doesn’t take your advice put your ego aside and let them have their experience. If I learned to pull my shoulders down and you think they should go some other way — you can give me that info but in the end it’s my experience not yours. If doing yin yoga rocked your world and hurts my sacrum? It doesn’t make it wrong, just wrong for me. If you think hot yoga is dangerous and a bad idea, go ahead let me know but don’t harp…if you think hot yoga is the ultimate and it makes me hurl? I’m not stupid I’m different!! And that’s OK, isn’t it? Jiminy Christmas I have read things that say only one form of meditation is the right one…really? really people? Lets be a little softer, a little more open….
Let’s be careful out their folks, lets share what we know with a humble understanding of grace and love. Let us be the first to work on removing ego from the equation.
Dogma is dangerous. Righteousness leads to division. There is space for all…there really really is.
In the end I do not discount the possibility that karma is no more real than the Easter bunny, that hot yoga may be the cure for cancer, that anusara principles can fix broken bones, or that god may not even exist- but for me it’s a matter of how we discuss, share and view ideas. It’s a belief that spiritual people have a duty to remain open minded and respectful and not tear down others views out of hat…
It is a short blog article - anyway here is the quote we (including me) should probably keep in mind more often.
"Let’s be careful out their folks, lets share what we know with a humble understanding of grace and love. Let us be the first to work on removing ego from the equation.
Dogma is dangerous. Righteousness leads to division. There is space for all…there really really is."
The blog topic is: There is no such thing as karma – or how anything can become dogma bullsh*t
Hopefully this link works: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/there-is-no-such-thing-as-karma---or-how-anything-can-become-dogma-bullsht/
Another excerpt (really most of the article)
I see people getting really hurt, angry, upset and otherwise hacked off when others don’t agree with their way…I see teachers completely unable to accept that their way may not work for everyone and well it’s getting a bit old. If your way works for you and makes you happy can’t I have my way? I’m sorry but no one…absolutely no one has all the answers…
Here’s my take — their is no such thing as:
a panacea; a universal principle, one size fits all, a single path, a way to know the absolute truth, law
In my opinion there is only:
experience, questions, feelings, ideas, interactions, relationships, happenings, growing, changing
So if a student doesn’t take your advice put your ego aside and let them have their experience. If I learned to pull my shoulders down and you think they should go some other way — you can give me that info but in the end it’s my experience not yours. If doing yin yoga rocked your world and hurts my sacrum? It doesn’t make it wrong, just wrong for me. If you think hot yoga is dangerous and a bad idea, go ahead let me know but don’t harp…if you think hot yoga is the ultimate and it makes me hurl? I’m not stupid I’m different!! And that’s OK, isn’t it? Jiminy Christmas I have read things that say only one form of meditation is the right one…really? really people? Lets be a little softer, a little more open….
Let’s be careful out their folks, lets share what we know with a humble understanding of grace and love. Let us be the first to work on removing ego from the equation.
Dogma is dangerous. Righteousness leads to division. There is space for all…there really really is.
In the end I do not discount the possibility that karma is no more real than the Easter bunny, that hot yoga may be the cure for cancer, that anusara principles can fix broken bones, or that god may not even exist- but for me it’s a matter of how we discuss, share and view ideas. It’s a belief that spiritual people have a duty to remain open minded and respectful and not tear down others views out of hat…