The real diff. betw. Ashtanga and Po

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One more try:<br><br>What is the difference

between you and the image of you in a mirror? Please

think it over before you keep on insisting that you are

identical.<br><br>At a first glance you and your mirrored image might

seem exacly the same, but - please - you are not. The

very essense of your nature is so different that you

can not even compare. (A living creature and a

mineral).<br><br>No matter what happens to the mirror (you can break

it, sell it, turn it around, paint it black, what

ever) it DOES NOT AFFECT YOU AT ALL, you still exist as

before - you are still of flesh and blood, you can talk,

think, grow old, use a computer, etc. - things that your

image can never do. <br><br>If you on the other hand

walk away from the mirror, tell me what is left of

your mirrored image? Yes, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING !! The

image does only exist because of you, and even then it

only shows part of your surface.<br><br>A superficial

copy of a living tradition is and can never be the

real thing. Astanga yoga is so much more than asana

practice, but unless you give it a serious try (i.e.

pratice instead of keeping on reading books) you will

never know.<br><br>in deep respect of your

eagerness,<br><br>tutu