Now

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Here we go.

Now is the time to start. Now is also the place to start. The word “now” in Sanskrit is “Atha”. Now is the most auspicious moment. The moment that has already passed will not come back; No matter how much we weep or wail for it. The moment that has not come will not come by till it is destined to. Hence “now” is the most important time. It is a gift that we are given. That is why it is called “Present”. The present moment is something that we have control on. Hence it is also considered “auspicious”. Auspiciousness is also denoted by the word “Atha” in Sanskrit.

Now Yoga. Here is the experiential understanding of Yoga. It has to be experienced and it has to be experienced now.

This is my first blog and I am not sure on what to write. But I decided to pen down my thoughts here – not for the sake of people to read and applaud, but for me to reflect on these at a later point. So here I go…

There is a sense of apprehension for everything. A sense of “will this go wrong”, “what if this does happen..”, “what if I do not get what I want…” blah blah blah. Why am I so focussed on “what-would-go-wrong” instead of “what-can-go-right” ? I think it is the conditioning. As a child I was taught to look at how to prevent situations, how not to spill food, how not to be rude, etc etc. The focus was always on “how-not-to” ! This has now developed into a habit …a samskara, if I may call it. This habit has done a “frankenstein” and has been eating me up.

So is it so simple to replace these with the positive thoughts ? I do not know yet. But I think the situation is like that of a child that cries when its hand gets stuck in the bottle after it has tried to get hold of some candy. The child has to just let go…

Where do I start..

Now

Thoughts