Guest guest Posted May 12, 2002 Report Share Posted May 12, 2002 Christine for two and a half years I have struggled with my husband first distain and now distance from my practice of yoga and healing activities. We just finished folding my newly washed turban cloth, so he has come a long way. At teacher training Yogi Bajhan told a story about two frogs. The story was in response to my questions to Yogi Bhajan regarding my husband's intolerance toward yoga. I explained that my husband is such a good person that I think of him as a saint. He is just very disturbed by my turban and my practice of sadhana. Yogi Bhajan qualified his story saying it was not directly about my husband. There were two frogs sitting near a path. A saint came by and spit. The spit landed on the backs of the two frogs. One frog went hopping into the bushes screaming in a frog like way, "I've been spit upon." He rolled in the dirt and tried to wipe the spit off. A snake came along and gulped him down. The second frog hopped into the lily pond. He sat on a lily pad and chanted "wahe guru" "I've been touched by a saint" "Wahe guru." Then, a fish swam by and gulped that frog down. At first I thought that my huband was the frog eaten by the snake. Recently I have come to realize that most of us are both frogs. Sometimes like Job of the Old Testament, we scream out "Why me? What did I deserve to receive this kind of fate?" At other times, we realize that every bit of life is a blessing of the same magnitude and we sing out "Wahe guru" with every breath that we breathe. We don't have to be chanting. My husband, for example is kind, gentle and good to others. He is expressing wahe guru in his actions. The quality of our live is dependent on how much time we spend being which frog. In any case, we die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2002 Report Share Posted May 12, 2002 That is so lovely, thank you! On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 02:33 PM, Ellen Madono wrote: > The quality of our live is dependent on how much time we spend being > which > frog. In any case, we die. > -cris Cris Naugle SpiralXdesign, Inc http://www.spiralxdesign.com Walk in Beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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