d i s c i p l i n e

July 31, 2004

Sat Naam

Discipline... aaaahhh... like a constant rehearsal for your next scene in

the complex and contradictory play of the Gods, Lela. But you've committed

to taking on the part for the duration of the production, and are

accountable to the cast -- without an understudy! What if you miss a cue?

Fall ill? Botch a line? The show must go on!

What is it that Yogi Bhajan says about you and your discipline ---

Something like "...all you have in this life is you and your discipline. It

is your only friend..." (Sat Nam Kaur, if you are out there, can you post

that quote please... !)

After a lifetime of fighting with discipline, we are finally making friends.

It seems like that has mostly happened through too many attempts at too much

and giving up too soon! This taught me to be honest and realistic with

myself and set only the goals which are important enough to me to

prioritize, as well as be worth my efforts. Doing work that I really want to

do, not just the stuff I feel like I SHOULD do. Remembering to be patient

and practical about what I am capable of! Committing to what I know I am

ready for and can reasonably accomplish at this point in my life & yoga

practice. Saving the rest for a later date when I am better prepared.

Someday I will be ready to do the 31-minute, 120 sadhana my teacher gave me

years ago. But only yesterday did I finally accomplish a 11-minute, 40 day

meditation that I started over and over and over again and again during that

time.

The gifts of Yoga will inspire your commitment to it. Commitment delivers

you to the source of the strength for discipline. Faith in the practice will

help you keep up with it. Keeping up will inspire faith in yourself. Faith

in yourself is your key to making friends with your discipline. Your true

self is a natural disciple.

Cheers!

ranjit k.

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