Namaste Noble Warriors!
well, geez…now that 65 million Americans are sleeping more soundly knowing that Fantasia won American Idol, perhaps we as a nation can get back to using our ‘down time’ more wisely to address truly important questions such as, “Is Paula Abdul really attracted to Simon?” “Will Ryan Secrest return to host “AI” next year? oooooh!!!!!!!!! i can HARDLY stand it!!!
okay, sorry. but c’mon…65 MILLION AMERICANS spent their evenings glued to the TV tube last night?
hey, i was one. having never seen an episode of “AI”, i wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
as a yogi, it runs against my Practice to speak unkindly about things. and truly, i can understand why non-practicing people are attracted to “AI”. why? because those teenagers got CHI, baby!
their technical artistry and command notwithstanding, it is obvious that these kids got guts and a ton of chi to do what it takes to get onto the “AI” podium, let alone win it. i bow to Fantasia.
most people, particularly those who do not Practice or have not had quality Teachers of their Spirit, are as predictable as garden slugs. such mediocre, mainstream people are caught in the current of illusion (maya). if people do not meditate to begin to See Clearly, they remain attracted to Chi wherever they can sense It. Even if It be in posture-slooping, acne encrusted teenagers singing worn out songs. Hey, whatever works, baby!
Most of the 65 million Americans will not know themselves in this lifetime, but they will know which car company sponsored American Idol last night.
Non-warriors who do not Practice working out and working within themselves, are subconsciously attracted to what i call ‘indirect chi.’ They sense the indirect Chi within fast cars, cosmetic surgery, or in the quality that goes into luxurious material things. Shit, even the least spiritually sensitive can sense, indirectly, the amazing Chi of Lance Armstrong or of drugs (which allows one a small ‘peek’ at the infinite power of Chi). Pornography is a multibillion dollar business because there is tremendous amount of passionate, albiet indirect, Chi in porno.
What is spiritually important to understand is that to cultivate our OWN (direct) Chi, requires just the opposite of looking outward or at others for Chi. To cultivate our OWN Chi, necessitates drawing the senses inward (pratyhara) and retaining outflowing mental/emotional energies.
Entertainment = spiritual weakness and entrophy.
Inner-tainment = spiritual strength and victory.
oh shoot, i gotta go…i think Regis & Kelly just came on….
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The Dharma Protector,
your feeble coach
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