The Niyamas Integration - The Process of Purification
Last week we looked at how the Yamas can unlock us from our psychological grip and allow Life to flow again . Whenever our life seems to stop flowing, it will be because one of the five Yamas has come a little undone. Maybe we’re not accepting something. Maybe we’re not being fully honest . Maybe we’re holding on to some idea of ourselves. Or we’ve forgotten what we’re truly committed to. Or we’ve just got a bit grippy — “I can’t live without this!” Those are the five Yamas, aren’t they? When one of them slips, we contract. We get stuck. Life stops moving. So we’re developing a capacity to liberate ourselves from those subtle psychological bondages. That’s what we looked at last week. Now, we can look at the Niyamas … The first of the Niyamas is Shaucha — Purity. In the core of our being , when we drop into Presence , Presence is innately pure . Totally untainted. Nothing can scar it, mark it, or taint it in any way. At your soul level , your Presence l...