Iwona Roslonek, MEcon, CMA CPAThere are documentaries which have propelled my development as a yogi. "Earthlings" for example illuminated my ignorance by revealing the immense suffering I was inflicting upon the imprisoned animal slaves by paying for their slaughter. It helped me understand that eating flesh of the dead is highly himsic and unbecoming to the yogi. "Unity" clarified the concept of duality and resulting suffering of humanity. "Cowspiracy" aided in my growth as the environmentalist. Those movies profoundly increased my awareness. Next to scripture study and silence they helped me to scrub off the layers of conditioning and ignorance. I am grateful for them.
Susan HirstThis is a really helpful discussion for me as I've strongly felt a need over the last few years to pull away from going to movies. And we don't own a TV. But mostly I get this strong feeling that I'm not making proper use of my time when watching a movie. I did watch a really good Documentary called 'The Griefwalker' an incredible doc about how much 'death phobia' is weaved into our lives and it gives us great insight into acknowledging the imminence of our own death. A very yogic topic as we practice 'dying well' every time we do Shavasana.
Susan HirstIt's also tricky as a Teacher when we work with people, who, like you say are not really ready to commit seriously as it's important to practice patience with them and not become too judgemental. One of my favourite quotes of Yogi Bahaman's is 'Humans are corrupt' which I find so true and it seems it is only our commitment and discipline to our daily practice that saves us from this corruptness.
Iwona Roslonek, MEcon, CMA CPA There are documentaries which have propelled my development as a yogi. "Earthlings" for example illuminated my ignorance by revealing the immense suffering I was inflicting upon the imprisoned animal slaves by paying for their slaughter. It helped me understand that eating flesh of the dead is highly himsic and unbecoming to the yogi. "Unity" clarified the concept of duality and resulting suffering of humanity. "Cowspiracy" aided in my growth as the environmentalist. Those movies profoundly increased my awareness. Next to scripture study and silence they helped me to scrub off the layers of conditioning and ignorance. I am grateful for them.
Susan Hirst This is a really helpful discussion for me as I've strongly felt a need over the last few years to pull away from going to movies. And we don't own a TV. But mostly I get this strong feeling that I'm not making proper use of my time when watching a movie. I did watch a really good Documentary called 'The Griefwalker' an incredible doc about how much 'death phobia' is weaved into
our lives and it gives us great insight into acknowledging the imminence of our
own death. A very yogic topic as we practice 'dying well' every time we do
Shavasana.
Susan Hirst It's also tricky as a Teacher when we work with people, who, like you say are not really ready to commit seriously as it's important to practice patience with them
and not become too judgemental. One of my favourite quotes of Yogi Bahaman's is 'Humans are corrupt' which I find so true and it seems it is only
our commitment and discipline to our daily practice that saves us from this
corruptness.