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Isvara Pranidhana: Relinquishment

Posted on Aug 19th, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

If we concentrate more on the quality of our steps along the way than on the goal itself, then we also avoid being disappointed if we perhaps cannot attain the exact goal that we had... More »

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Svadhyaya: The Study of the Soul

Posted on Aug 17th, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future... More »

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Santosa: Contentment and the Embrace of Life

Posted on Aug 10th, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but... More »

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Sauca: Purity of Body and Mind, Part 2

Posted on Aug 7th, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one's own happiness oblivious to the feelings and... More »

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Aparigraha: The Burden of Stuff

Posted on Aug 1st, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

One who is not greedy is secure. He has time to think deeply. His understanding of himself is complete. -- Yoga Sutra II.39 "The more we have, the more we need to take care of... More »

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Asteya: Life Without Theft

Posted on Jul 28th, 2007 by Tansau : Aiki Explorer Tansau

The covetous man is ever in want. -- Horace (65 BC - 8 BC), Epistles The Sanskrit word steya means "to steal." Asteya is it's opposite: non-stealing or non-covetousness. The root meaning, and the karmic... More »

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