Comments on: #4 Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:49:55 +0000

Good thoughts, mksamui. Thanks for writing.

By: mksamui

mksamui — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:47:38 +0000

“Mind, Body, and Spirit”…

over the years the conclusion on this one arose that it is to unite through the help of yoga body and spirit to conquer the unruliness of the ever active mind, not to eradicate it, but to harness it’s incredible power, to get the best out of it! – then what is mind?

Back to the Geeta, Krshna, the Charioteer instructs Arjuna, while the same time he is guiding the horses… and often the senses ( resulting in actions of the mind) are depicted as horses.

just a thought which might enlighten this discussion a wee bit…

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:19:34 +0000

I so get the tennis/yoga, mind, body connection. I remember playing on my doubles w/3 other guys and getting really competitive. Believe or not it kept throwing off my game. The more they got competitive, more I got competitive, they more they egged me on, the more I went with it. And well it got to being no fun. So one day I was sitting there wondering what tonight was going to bring, when the thought popped into my head “why wasn’t I approaching this like my yoga practice. Nice and easy. Why was I getting crazy. And I remember playing that night and having the best time, best game, and it didn’t matter who won, it was about being there, being present and having my moment. Sometimes I just have to get out of my way.

By: boogenhagen

boogenhagen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:20:30 +0000

Hi Bob, very good essay, I have really enjoyed reading it. Karma is basically the universe’s reaction to your action. Kind of like that physics law “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. The body, mind and spirit should all be given an equal weight because unless you are “enlightened” all three are the tools through which you live out karma or more simply if you are breathing and not aware your creating karma. The goal is to be always aware and thus always living in right action (you take the best possible action in any situation). You are the sky and your life’s situations are clouds. The sky is eternal and the clouds come and go. Referencing an earlier page, I would also add that I don’t really see a separation between the universe and me. I am in the universe and the universe is in me and everything is all connected together. Best Wishes.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:47:02 +0000

Bob,
Hi. It’s Sue from yogajournal.com. I’ve had some interesting experiences lately with the spirit, mind and body connection. So this interested me. What are your thoughts about karma? The body is believed to be a vessel for us to work out our karma. It seems a little less harmonious, kind of like the body isn;t an “equal” rather just a tool.
Sue
P.S. Yoga philosophy also grabbed me, too. I sometimes wish there was enough time to spread out all my books and absorb everything at once!