October 11, 2013
The problem Cameron Shayne’s usage of the “I am not my body” meme to rationalize his anti-social ethics was far less interesting – to […]
September 18, 2013
I have an online tormentor. He started with an email accusing me of bullshitting my way through yoga philosophy. He said I was leading gullible people […]
August 8, 2013
By being clear about our subjectivities, we can begin to dialogue openly with the subjectivities of others, fostering “intersubjectivityâ€. If we don’t allow ourselves to be transparent, both writers and readers of yoga philosophy can get sucked into the quagmire of projecting and assessing objective authority, rather than sharing experience. And yoga philosophy is nothing if not the language we use to share the ineffable experiences of practice, regardless of who we are, who we’ve studied with, or what our goals may be.
July 28, 2013
Sensation is given, something we discover ourselves within, something we have been thrown-into: it is śruti. Thought follows, in language that extends through time backwards into memory, and forward into expectations built upon memory. Thought is smṛti.