Friday, March 19, 2010

Of food and yoga...

Italian... Middle eastern... Filipino... American... Chinese... Thai... Indian...

If we like it... we eat it...

If we don't like it... we don't eat it...

We don't criticize the food that we don't like...

Someone else likes it...

We don't condemn Indian food just because we don't like the smell of cumin...

All food serves one purpose... to nourish the body...
Ashtanga... Iyengar... Bikram... Anusara... Vinyasa...

If we like it... we practice it...

If we don't like it... we don't practice it...

We don't criticize the style that we don't like...

Someone else likes it...

We don't condemn vinyasa yoga because it is not traditional enough...

All eventually leads to one purpose... Union.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

If only more of us would come to this understanding, there would be no wars (or disintegrated families).
Thank you for sharing Jon...

Love,

Judith

Unknown said...

Judith,

Thank you for dropping by. Where are you now?

Any chance that you might visit this part of the world?

Jon

C said...

Was looking for the "like" button here....

If the difference is an issue of preference, one must let go. It if is an issue of going against the universal law, one must make a stand.

Unknown said...

Ironic, isn't it? To make a difference... one has to make a stand... That means going against the norm...

but that doesn't mean you're going against the universal law, right?

To go against the universal law is like stopping the sun from shining every morning.

C said...

I used "going against the universal law" because if I used "wrongdoing" I might get into trouble with moralists =p So let me rephrase my statement: if the issue is about "right or wrong" (corruption or killing, for example) then one must make a stand. But if it is about, say choosing between Lululemon and Sassa, kebs! =)

To make a difference is to go against the norm--so true yet so sad because it is telling of the kind of norm our society has.