キノ・マクレガ―のインスタグラム(kinoyoga) - 6月20日 05時55分

There was a moment that I thought the purpose of the spiritual path was to get “enlightened” as fast as possible and enter the state that’s called Nirbija Samadhi, the state of meditative absorption from which there is no possibility of recidivism. In that state the yogi stays immersed in that timeless space of peace and never has any more laundry to do. If there’s one thing I have learned from 20 years of practice it’s that I’ve got a backlog of dirty clothes that need attention before I have much hope at attaining that permanent state of peace. And yet, yoga works. My life is qualitatively more peaceful than it was before. I am more empathetic, more sensitive, more humble, and yes, more strong too. On good days, there is a sense of deep self-love that permeates outward towards others and sometimes even embraces the whole world. There is more space between my old habituated reactions to traumas and triggers. I am less reactive and more conscious.
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It seems pretty evident to me that we all have a bunch of laundry to do in the inner world of our mind. This “laundry” is like a huge pile that follows us around the world wherever we go.
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In fact, the majority of the work on the spiritual could have more to do with doing the laundry than anything else. Those moments of radiant bliss fill you up with hope and inspiration and provide sustenance for long periods of cleaning.
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This week’s Yogi Assignment is the Laundry. I’m using the term “laundry” to refer to your inner work, the deep dive each spiritual practitioner has to take into their own mind and into their own life. While you could see the laundry as a perfunctory task, I find it useful to use the ordinariness of laundry as a metaphor for the cleansing of the mind. If you never clean out your thoughts they will pile up like a mountain of clothes. Soon you won’t be able to see anything other than those old accumulated thoughts. By cleaning out your thoughts and doing your own laundry you contribute to the cleaning of your immediate world.
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Read the full blog here and let me know what you think:
https://www.kinoyoga.com/yogi-assignment-the-laundry/
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