Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates
You may remember me mentioning Rolf Gates’ book Meditations From the Mat. I like to read it before yoga when I arrive early. I was getting so much use out of the studio’s copy I decided to grab my own at the library. Eventually I guess I’ll make big time book commitment and buy it. For now, I will mooch.
Anyway, this passage jumped out at me yesterday at the studio and then when I came home and opened my copy it fell to the same page.
Day 203 – “To put the world right in order we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius
Gates then goes on to elaborate saying: “Yoga practice uncovers the part of ourselves that knows better, and thereby sets our hearts right.”
You know better than to eat that crap, to skip that workout, to speak those words.
Uncover the part of yourself that knows better. It’s there.
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