What Is The Glass Bead Game?

In the context of yoga, the Glass Bead Game is a method or means for expanding one’s understanding via an expansion of the fourth kosha, vijnanamaya kosha.

Re-assessing "Attachment".

Attachment is a good thing. It's also a bad thing. Attachment is what fills our life with colour. It's also what takes that colour away.

It's All Energy, Maaaaan.

So, what is it about energy? All forms of energy in this universe affect us on both a conscious and subconscious level.

The Four Paths To "Quelling The Mind".

After examining each of the four paths to yoga, we can begin to see an undeniable commonality start to emerge: no matter which path we choose for ourselves, we are required to do something. And, in so doing, we become fully "here".

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Taking Stock.

Incessantly, we continue to drudge forward; never stopping to appreciate who we are or how far we’ve come. We can become so over-worked on finding the next big thing, that we are left to wonder how it is that we were never really “here” in the first place.

No "Wrong" Decision.

However, in the end, no matter which decision we make, we must always remember to go all-in or not go at all.

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Neo-Enlightenment.

Attachment is the root of all suffering. The mind is the root of all attachment. If we learn to accept everything as it is, then there would be no suffering, no desire, no expectation towards any perceived outcome. But is this how we really want to live our lives?

Choices, Decisions And Obstacles.

Ultimately, each moment in life serves as a dynamic playing field for exercising choice. What do we truly want to do in this moment that will leave us feeling fulfilled, knowing that we are becoming something meaningful in our lives?

Where Did You Get That, And Where Can I Get Some, Too?

So, what am I most passionate about? What do I want to do with the rest of your life? What do I want to be when you grow up?

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From Here To Here.

The only way through this moment is through this moment. Instead of wishing; waiting; or hoping for the moment to pass you by, just be in it. Right here, right now.

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A Self Centred In The Self.

By acting from a state of love, there are no losers, only winners. By doing, simply because you love to, nothing ever seems like a chore, or a debt.

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The Reptile Brain.

The great thing about being a black belt is that, though there may be degrees you could work towards afterward, you are pretty much there in class because you want to be. Thus, testing your will, in large part, is the name of the game. Can you push past thinking brain into reptilian brain?

Why Has Meditation Become So Overlooked In Most Western Yoga Practices?

What is it that yoga can offer us that no other discipline can? Meditation. Going within. For, at its core, yoga is meditation (Bhagavad Gita). So, why have so many schools chosen to forgo this most essential and important part of the practice?

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The Product Of Your Life.

We are each a product of our choices. All of our victories, and all of our defeats. Nothing too big or too small to ever go unnoticed.

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From Fearful To Fearless.

The only way through this moment is through this moment. By doing, by moving, there is no mind to be found.

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Who Am I?

So, be like Mario. Enjoy the video game of life. But, unlike Mario, just know that beyond you is something more infinite, more subtle; completely indescribable in-mind because it resides in no-mind.