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postures and the whole system is just an outer form; it is not meant to be followed exactly, literally. One has to understand it and then one has to listen to one's own body.
And your feeling is perfectly right -- it is good that you asked and you didn't go; otherwise your energy could have been disturbed. Anything enforced on you will create a split and will be a disaster. And you know more than enough; with that knowledge you can go on inventing. Now be a teacher on your own -- forget all about learning from others. Learn from people you teach... Learn from their experiences, learn from their growing energy, their changing energy, learn from their deepening awareness. Listen more to the disciples you teach, their experiences, their growth -- watch it.
A teacher has to be like a gardener: he has to look around the plants to see how they are growing, whether they have enough space or not, if more water is needed or less, if more sun is needed or less, if a little bit of pruning is needed or not. Look to each plant with no prejudice, with no fixed idea of how things should be.
That is what is wrong with all traditional yoga teachers: they have a fixed idea about how things should be. The man has to fit with their idea; they don't change their idea to fit with the man. They are disciplinarians; it is a kind of regimentation, and basically inhuman.
So you need not go anywhere -- just meditate. Things are going perfectly well. Now teach yoga and teach more meditations to people. Let yoga be just the beginning and then slowly slowly persuade them towards meditation. And you can be of great help.
God's Got a Thing About you
Chapter #3
Chapter title: None
3 September 1978 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7809035
ShortTitle: ATHING03
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[A sannyasin brings her baby and says she has been screaming a lot which upsets her.]
That is part of being a mother....
It is not an easy job....
But now it is too late! Every woman wants to become a mother without knowing the responsibilities. It is a long commitment. And remember: never think
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