i was at yoga the other day and as usual, i linger around the studio a little longer than necessary. i take my sweet little time changing, drinking a cup or two of cold water and sometimes reading magazines that are laying around in the studio. sometimes, it’s a bit pathetic but i just do it long enough to remind myself that i haven’t lost all interest on them. anyway, i happen to open up to an article entitled ‘the power of woman’ and it’s about woman doing meaningful significant things with thier lifes.
i was particularly drawn to a black and white photo of julia butterfly hill. my first thought was how beautiful her eyes but i quickly got on to reading the article. i recall reading her book a while ago when one of the teachers at spirt rock recommend it and i thought it was a great book on a number of levels. a modern living example of a person not only thought but lived beyond own self definition. i said to myself, why am i not around these people more? i know the answer to that one but the self imposed isolation is beginning to take it’s toll on some level. my world consists of a one block radius and the people i associated consist of friends that work with me. it’s pretty sad to say the least. anyway, enough of that ugly talk. i haven’t got the chance to read too much of her blog, but it reminds me of this other woman’s blog that i read on a regular basis.
what’s surprising to me about the little india blog was that i had known her for quite some time and because we work in the same industry see her quite often. anyway, when she told me she was going to india to explore a more meaningful life, i was pleasantly suprise. it’s like there are all these secret yogis around and they only come out of the wood when they’re about to make some drastic life changes. i know the answer to the first and second question but i still wonder i don’t make more of an effort to connect with people of like thought. sometimes i feel like it becomes a bit tiring when everyone is in accord, like yeah, bush sucks and we need a new president. inside, i agree with that stance but i sometimes like to take the opposite stance to make people question their positions. right or wrong, i think it’s important to challenage your own positions on a regular basis. we can say that there are universal truths that can be held regardless of context and on an absolute level it holds. but on a relative existence, the manifestation of the absoulte truth is more dynamic and can change as context changes. i am trying to think of an example of such manifestation but one escapes me for now. regardless, i have severely digress from the topic of hand.