I would like to share with you today a beautiful ritual that Karen Armstrong described on an NPR interview on NPR (Fresh air)today. Miss Armstrong wrote "The case for God" a fascinating point of view on the role of religion and compassion in the XXI century.
She mentions that some centuries ago (X BCE) in India, Brahmans had an interesting contest.
Students will come together to participate on a retreat where the activities were pranayama (breath control exercises), fasting and preparing the mind for the challenge. It was simple, each of them needed to define Brahman (the ultimate reality). One at a time students would give their definition an the others had to listen carefully and challenge it by giving their own and move on.
What is fascinating is that the winner would be the one who would bring everyone to silence. It was said that in that silence, Brahman was present.
Miss Armstrong says "A theology should be like poetry that takes us to the end of words"
In any yoga school that is the end result, being able to quiet the mind so we can transcend it and for a moment see Reality as it is not as we usually see it full of veils.
Enjoy the night and the soon to come Fall Equinox tomorrow!
Rocio
For the full interview visit: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112968197
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