“The glassblower knows: while in the heat of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break.” – Mark Nepo
This is the message from my yoga teacher at the last two classes I attended. She asked us to approach our practice with a “beginners mind” – the place of all possibility. Imagine the mind as an empty bowl – ready to be filled again. Every time my mind fills with thoughts that take me away from now; let them go.
Those thoughts – they keep me chained to my ego. They harden me. The need to be right – to believe that the miniscule sliver of knowledge I possess is better, more important; superior to anything anyone else may know or believe. It’s easy to harden; to think I’m all that. A rigid stance must break if real change is desired.
Imagine a better way. Imagine staying teachable, pliable. Consider that the image I hold about myself and the world is an illusion. Can I be the glass in the heat of beginning?
Change happens; whether accepted or ignored. Staying attuned; in harmony with change is the challenge. Because I know what’s “supposed” to happen right? EGO, EGO, EGO.
Empty the bowl . . . When change arrives, maybe I won’t crack.
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“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?” – Rumi
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