An idea that has been thrown around over the past couple of months.... do a yoga class and then smash some shit, (cars, tvs, microwaves), you get the idea. It feels good to smash those things that we do not necessarily need or want in our lives. And even beyond that it is fun to hear glass shatter!
In terms of wandering... we stretch beyond ourselves, and our comfort zone, and we destroy the things that keep us bound to our beliefs. We leave our sheltered united states and watch people burn garbage and eat chickens that are running around in the street. We see religion and culture. We see women be smothered down to nothing, used, sexed, and abused. We see children pulled into war at very young ages. The list goes on and on. And all of these things challenge us to see a different way of living. In essence we are forced to question our reality and determine what resonates with the way we want to live our lives. We define our morals and ethics off of challenges such as these.
In Darwin's theory of evolution there is discussion about the sociological aspects.Essentially questioning purpose to life. Is there a purpose or is it just all one big accident? Now, stretch beyond what we know about soul searches and purposeful living.... and instead imagine that this "purpose" idea is all the chitter chatter of the ego in its declaration. Imagine it screaming "THIS IS WHY I AM HERE.... TO DO MY PURPOSE!'
I have gotten ecclectic reactions to this idea of stretch and destroy yoga.... "How is destroying and smashing things zen"? Well, how often do you do it? Do you ever take and ax to a car (one that is meant to be totaled, not one out of revenge or hate)? Or do you have a bad day or in this case a frustrating practice and go home and pick fights with the ones you love? This question has always been met with silence....
We do all these things that are "the right thing to do". Because having a 40 hour a week job where someone tells you what to do is comfortable, it leaves little room for surprise. We have these control mechanisms that keep us tucked inside our zone. The place that we operate the best. It is not proper in our culture to bash in windows and blow things up, but when does proper always matter?
Was it proper for Clinton to get a b;low job under his desk? Or for Monsanto to take over Agriculture in the shittiest way possible? No! So lets destroy what we know about proper and re-define!
The concept of stretching beyond what one thinks is capable, to destroy the routine of our lives... moving back to this yoga thing. I want people to get peaceful with there breath, to find some silence in their lives to listen to who THEY are, and then smash the hell out of some junk that controls there lives because it is "unnatural". Because then you see another way to handle frustration. And you absolutely cannot have the dark with out the light! It is impossible. One has to exist for he other too.
So here it is... stretch beyond yourself, get uncomfortable and see how you respond. Embrace love and embrace rage! They are the same thing.... passion.... with different thoughts attached to them. You can do this. You can grow!
This world that we are living in has to change because other wise we are all F'ed! And change only comes when be/come uncomfortable!
