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Greetings!
May this quote, by Margaret Anderson (literary editor, 1886-1973) inspire you to experience a new kind of Valentine's Day, one that focuses on the highest and best good for those in your heart:
"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."
With our love and gratitude,
Aadil and Mirra |
| Surrender and Aspiration |
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| Uniting the Body with Love
In Purna Yoga our work is to dwell within the Heart Center, knowing the Light within and living from the heart. It is through opening up and connecting with the Pillar of Light in the Heart Center that we have the clearest and quickest access to the Soul's wisdom within the body. When we transform our thoughts, feelings, and desires by surrendering them to the heart, we allow more wisdom to flow through the body.
For example, if I wanted a new car, home, or job, first I must ask myself why. Is there a part of my shadow that believes this new thing will change me, or is there a calling from my Soul to experience something new in my life, made possible by the new car, home, or job? This is the practice of offering our dreams to our Soul in the Heart Center, and letting go of our attachment to the outcome. Another way to think about the concept of surrender is to imagine what kind of a world we would have if we asked of every new idea, business or invention, "Will this help us move closer to our Light, or will it increase our separation?"
The same can be asked of our yoga. The beauty of practicing asana is that it opens up the body, allowing more light to flow through it. This, in turn, gives the body the opportunity to release blockages. However, if the poses are done from what we call the vital energy which has the intention to increase one's power, then the ego fills the body (rather than the body being transformed by light) and blockages increase. However, the vital energy, stored in the pelvis, has a gift: the beauty of the vital energy is that it provides fuel for transformation. The energy of the vital, when surrendered to the heart, allows more wisdom to flow through the body. |
| Ear Candling |
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Ear Candling (also known as ear coning) has been used for thousands of years, going back to the ancient Chinese, Egyptian and Greek cultures, as a way to clean the hard-to-reach chambers within the ear. Cotton swabs are only safe and effective for the outer ear, and if used inside the ear, they can actually push matter deeper into the ear, whereas an ear candle draws out impurities in a gentler, more effective way.
 It is necessary to have a friend help you set the candle up and monitor its flame. Use a special ear candle which looks like a tall funnel made of wax. Cut a hole in the center of a paper or tin plate. Place the candle through the hole. The candle should just fit the hole. Lie on your side, head on a bolster with an ear pointing toward the ceiling. Keep a large bowl filled with water close at hand. Firmly and with care, place the end of the candle inside the ear so that there is a seal. Hold the candle in the opening of the ear canal so that the wax can warm up and then conform to the shape of the ear.
Light the candle and let it burn. When the candle is burned half way down, a convection current from the flame will begin to pull wax out of the ear. Let the candle burn about 3/4 down and then remove it and place it in the bowl of water immediately to extinguish the flame. Cut the candle open and examine the insides. If nothing comes out, the candle may not be put in properly or the ears may be clean. Repeat this every 6 months. If you want to work more deeply, do it again 2 months later and the body may even drain the sinuses. Mullein oil can be put in the ear prior to candling to help soften ear wax and encourage the ears to drain. |
| Loving Relationships |
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| From the acclaimed book, Fire of Love,
by Aadil Palkhivala
The mathematics of relationship is different: one half plus one half doesn't make a whole. When I am half and my partner is half, we are both still a fraction. In the mathematics of relationship, 1 + 1 = 1. Before you can have a healthy relationship, you must be whole; otherwise you are simply desperate for someone to make you whole. Whenever you do something from desperation rather than from joy, you are a slave.
We must shatter the tabloid myth that another's love is necessary for our survival. Only the love that comes from our deepest Self is essential. True love in a relationship is realized only when two people, each connected with his or her deepest Self, unite. Now we have a synergistic - not a draining - relationship. We love one another not because we need love, not because the other needs love, but because love overflows our cup and we must share. Then, rather than fall in love, we rise in love. | |
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