A better world Once I asked a participant whether yoga would be self-centered. Every week we deal with ourselves, rarely with others. I would like to share
an experience from my current schedule with you: It was early in the morning, I made the same morning my purchases because I rarely get to after work. The supermarket had just opened and I tried quickly through the whole store to come, I feel shopping as an inconvenience and I have to do as always and many other more important things.
finally arrived at the checkout I was surprised that so many other queuing in front of me, so I practiced exercise myself in patience for me not to be angry in the morning about little things like queues. The atmosphere in Berlin supermarkets is always easy rushed to aggressive, large cities on the food hunt can be merciless.
Just one shopper in front of me when it happened. She put her yogurt cup so clumsy on the treadmill, that he fell to the floor and expired. Buy the lady was the aim of all the unspoken hostility of the other supermarket guests. The people rolled their eyes, the already irritated gentleman behind the counter gave her a roll of kitchen paper with the words "for mopping up" in front of the bib.
I must admit that in me deliver the usual pattern.
- I was in a hurry and think about the time delay. Principle: Everything happens to me, even though it actually happened to someone else.
- I wondered how something so stupid could happen. Principle: I am better than others, although I at least once a week a little spill.
- I have great anger potential. Principle: For every little thing go right to the ceiling, though I am actually a peace-loving man.
The Yoga philosophy teaches that it is important to be empathetic with themselves and other living things. But what good is anything if I click on the yoga mat ponder about me but in real life still continue behaving as before. I feel not bad, that I've described above pattern and reactions, human emotions are now times are like. However, I would feel bad if I react inappropriately because of these emotions. This morning I jumped
over my own shadow. I tried the above mechanisms, in which I put to stop. I turned to the lady who helped her wipe up, a fact that I hardly took pains prepared and not even a minute of my time.
What then happened is a miracle: The first thing the lady felt supported and was very glad that someone is helped, she began to smile. What had happened to her was through my condolences not quite so bad. In that I helped her, the other visitors were suddenly in a different mood. Yes but not take so long, one might think. I would have also sometimes can help the other. The type of stroke behind me, I had noticed earlier in the sweets department, smiled at me, even the cashier was reasonably kind to me. In the parking lot waving the lady and I again to say goodbye to.
I am the rest of the day in a very good mood. And I can see many situations, mutual help in which people themselves. Later, when I covered my water bottle in my pocket, she lifts me to someone.
Yoga helps in connecting to connect with their own feelings and to realize that we always decide for yourself how we behave and what we make of situations. There are no set rules, but really it's just as important as we meet as human beings. It is more important how we treat our fellow human beings than what we earn, where we come from or what skills we have.
Yoga is not self-centered. Is there a way to identify yourself and improve your own behavior. And that's the only way to improve the world.
