Aghori--you get it

[Guest guest]

Thank you for sharing your sage words. Senor Pinche Wey would be happy to share

a drink from your skull cup any day of the week.<br><br>ESPW

[Guest guest]

Dear Senor--You remind me of middle school, of

the oh-so-important divisions that adolescents create

between who's cool and who's not. You remind me of the

religion I was raised in--only those who believed in their

Jesus and believed in him their specific way were

saved. You remind me of the potheads and trippers I hung

out with instead of going to church. They too were

the only ones to see the light--the only ones to "get

it." And so on. There are countless people who think

they (or their way) hold(s) a monopoly on the right

way to be. <br><br>And unfortunately enough, you

remind me a bit of my current yoga practice. Although I

wish it were not so, I am not immune to the pull of

righteousness; I have been known to cop a holier-than-thou

attitude about my yoga. Your posts often exemplify these

sentiments. While I generally find them distasteful, they

have been valuable too, because they reflect something

subtle and, to me, counterproductive that exists in my

practice. I have extricated myself from multiple dogmas on

purpose; I'd rather not wrap myself up in another one.

Thank you senor for drawing my attention to little ways

that I was doing just that.

[Guest guest]

I, too, would be honored to raise my Kapala with

you ESPW!<br>I grow weary of all this absurd "walking

on eggshells" in the name of political correctness.

Yoga collapses in our country and everyone runs around

with artificial smiles on their faces so as not to

insult or step on "someone's" toes... or appear

"negative"....Ridiculous! Your opinions are honest and refreshing and it is

clear that unlike almost everyone else, you are not out

to win some imagined Yoga popularity contest.<br>You

seem to have traveled to India to study... an act of

dedication in itself (not to mention the conditions for yoga

practice, in India, that these air conditioned babies

cannot imagine!) While I applaud your efforts, I know

that the yoga community at large will not admit that

any of the things that you so rightly point out, are

happening. There are, I believe, two reasons for this...

first, it is an unpopular stance in the new agey time we

subsist in and any strong opinion is regarded as

suspect...... second , many instructors and students with

influence have money making agendas and freeze at the

prospect of rocking their precious financial boat with

controversial subject matter. Consequently, all too many

classes are "food milled" to a common paste so that no

one is offended and the instructor might as well be

from "Stepford"!<br>Thank you ESPW, for being real!

[Guest guest]

"Thank you ESPW, for being real!" Yea, a real jerk!