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PJ as well as others, have given us the foundation, we

must do with this what we can. I hope that when I am

his age, all that anyone can accuse me of is falling

asleep. I have been to Mysore. I have studied with

him. No one is a saint. For me I have gained an

entirely new meaning of the word guru. Of gratitude.

Of many other things. The seniors in our society have

a lot to offer. Sometimes we have to look for the

message.

 

 

--- aani19096 <anandk wrote:

> The senor likes to stir the pot. He is often

> entertaining, sometimes

> very much so, but never take his comments too

> seriously.

>

> Most of us look forward to your contributions.

>

> Cheers,

> - Anand

>

> ashtanga yoga,

> "ImpliedPresence"

> <hmmmmmmm@o...> wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> > > Message: 2

> > > Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:46:57 -0000

> > > senor_pinche_wey

> > > Guruji's sleeping

> > > "Something kinda funny and sad at the same time:

> evidently, there

> are

> > > times

> > > when Guruji is teaching (he teaches a led class

> every Friday now)

> > > when he

> > > falls asleep, and Sharath either has to wake him

> up (whereupon he

> > > sometimes

> > > starts recounting...) or Sharath takes over."

> >

> >

> > > What is sad about that? It is actually quite

> awsome that an 88

> year

> > > old man is still teaching and imparting his

> wisdom to anybody who

> > > drops by Gokalum.....

> >

> > What's sad about it to me is that he can't teach

> like he used to...

> eg.,

> > grieving what changes as we age. I wish I could

> say that

> I "gracefully

> > surrender the things of youth," but there's some

> sadness in it -

> for me -

> > too.

> >

> > I agree that it is awesome for an 88-year old man

> to be teaching

> yoga and

> > sharing his wisdom to so many people.

> >

> > > Isn't it more marvelous that he can still has

> the energy that he

> > > does? So what if he catches a little shut eye,

> now and again.

> >

> > In no way did I mean "sad" in a "pitiful" way. In

> NO way. Yes,

> it's quite

> > marvelous that he still has the energy he does.

> >

> > > You, like many of the yoga tourists, have

> obviously missed the

> point

> > > of Guruji. Perhaps you would be better studying

> acrobatics with

> > > David Swenson. BTW, there was never a handstand

> in navasana...It

> is

> > > an artifice added by his western students.

> David happens to be

> good

> > > at it and has re written history.

> >

> > Actually, I clarified this recently when talking

> with David Swenson

> and then

> > with David Williams. The latter said that, yes,

> the handstand

> between

> > navasanas was created by him and his students.

> Evidently, they

> thought it

> > up, did it, and showed it to Guruji. David

> Williams said that

> Guruji liked

> > it, and for a time, that was the way they

> practiced it.

> >

> >

> > In closing, I guess I'm not sure if I should be on

> this list ...

> I'm not

> > sure what a "yoga tourist" is, either.

> > This list, to me, seems appropriate only for those

> persons who have

> studied

> > directly under Guruji... which is fine; perhaps

> another list would

> be open

> > to other people who have not such an opportunity.

> >

> > In the meantime, I do moolabandha and breathe.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

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