01/17/2024
The "sword of discernment." Viveka. Discernment. I think of this as the sword of the goddess Kali, which represents higher knowledge and enlightenment. Kali cuts with discernment.
Sometimes a theme in a yoga class just lands. This was Dakini Jaeger's class on Sunday. She taught about the sword of discernment. She commented that we have so much sensory input - enviroment, people, cultural and societal norms - that too often we turn the sword against our Self, believing "the problem is me," and we begin cutting away at our own Self, losing our Self in the muddle.
I've done this. Have you?
And yet, if we can look ourside ourselves, with clear vision - the space between stimulus and response that allows for that vision to become clear - with discernent - we might find that there is something else, something external, that if we could see it clearly, slice intelligently, create a space between it, or possibly remove it, we will shift toward more integrity, more liberation and more freedom.
But first, we have to get quiet.
(Thank you Dakini!)
