Friday
February 22, 2019
Winter · 3 entries
Itâs hard to laugh at the Smullett memes.
Some of us have faces held together by laffy taffy and metal plates because we actually were brutally attacked on the street in a random act of violence for no reason other than pure hatred.
Please be aware that by making light of this situation, it becomes a way of diminishing the realities of hate crimes in America.
Funny that itâs my straight white cohort sharing them. Your lack of empathy is worth examining.
Some of us have faces held together by laffy taffy and metal plates because we actually were brutally attacked on the street in a random act of violence for no reason other than pure hatred.
Please be aware that by making light of this situation, it becomes a way of diminishing the realities of hate crimes in America.
Funny that itâs my straight white cohort sharing them. Your lack of empathy is worth examining.
Folks stick their head in the sand when things get too complex or complicated or nuanced. Happens all the time.
This looks like I’m putting my feet on my head when in fact, I’m pulling my head up to my feet.
You can’t necessarily tell exactly what lesson is being extracted from a given situation just by looking. You can guess, infer, assume, and project. But you can’t necessarily know.
The practice of Ashtanga Yoga has the potential to bring about a feeling of deep compassion for other living creatures by developing it internally for yourself. It gives practitioners the chance to make small adjustments and watch how they play out over time.. and to course correct if the impact isn’t suitable to the needs of the individual.
So, do you use your practice to push your head further into the sand or do you use it to pull it out?
This looks like I’m putting my feet on my head when in fact, I’m pulling my head up to my feet.
You can’t necessarily tell exactly what lesson is being extracted from a given situation just by looking. You can guess, infer, assume, and project. But you can’t necessarily know.
The practice of Ashtanga Yoga has the potential to bring about a feeling of deep compassion for other living creatures by developing it internally for yourself. It gives practitioners the chance to make small adjustments and watch how they play out over time.. and to course correct if the impact isn’t suitable to the needs of the individual.
So, do you use your practice to push your head further into the sand or do you use it to pull it out?
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