Duncan in Origin Magazine

USA

POSTED on the 31st MAY 2011

Some say it is better to have lived fully than to have not.

the way we are all searching for that same small measure of peace that affords a sense of quietude for our soul; we just go about it in vastly different ways. Such is the diverse fabric of humanity Full self-expression however, is not without its sacrifices. Take my life for example. One of shall we say full shakti or big energy During the process of learning to navigate such power, I have been criticized and marginalized from the very circle that I protect. From this experience I have learned a few things about balance, service and self reflectivity.

As a self described pleiadian-star-warrior-super hero arehetype,

I have spent my life as a bodhisattvatantrika, or awakened energy guardian, protecting and fuliilling all that is living This path requires intensive tapas and svadyaya, or discipline and self study, to get to the other side of the looking glass in one piece, and with mindful heart intact. Through the confluence of daily practice and its surrendering process, we learn the way of authenticity without ineffectually swimming against the currents of the nurturing source. We discover that middle path alignment, with universal forces and principles, has its benefits. And yet, when I see a happy face that conceals a stone heart, or watching the eyes of an older man or woman that tells a story of an unfinished dream, I stand firm in that which I am; and tremble slightly with a deep feeling of awe and gratitude for a life lived so completely I always pray for that miracle in everyones life to remain open to love. Each moment is an opportunity.

Many people use yoga as a badge to project their repressed passion or as a spiritual license to be unaccountable in matters of the heart.

Such souls will, with grace, at the necessary moment collapse and break open into a million beautiful naked pieces, and remember everything until they forget nothing. I should know; speaking from experience. Today our intuition informs us that replacing our greed with generosity one action at a time, is the correct and direct approach to awaken our light during this age of collective consciousness that is upon us. Any master worth their potatoes has a slight madness in the back of their eyes. This comes from years of ego stripping sadhana, or practice, as the way to what the Zen master's refer to as 'no-mind'; a pure state I suspect we will need for times to come. I also have a suspicion that my stripping years have only just begun. My very clear-minded japanese wife, who carries our developing twin sons, recently said that people who quit their dayjobs to become yoga teachers, rebelling against all things familiar (including family and friends) in order to find their real guru or true calling might - in many ways - be off-track. She made a penetrating point that people who simply work hard, teach well and develop a lasting family and community are living closer to their own resonant harmony Ultimately it is the sakshi, our witness Self that is seeing out deeply; smiling with deep acceptance, allowing us to Be Our Selves.