Invocation

~~Gayatri~~

Om Bhur Bhuva Svaha
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Dvasya Dheemahi
Dhiyah Yah Nah Prachodayaat
OM
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Struggling against good things is not, as I once thought, a product of reconciliation with my "shadow" side. It is denial of the Good without reason or cause. A million more hours in meditation, doing asana or any other modality is almost for naught without the willingness to accept and invite it. Though not the first time I have recognized this as a fundamental truth, or had it pointed out to me for that matter, this is the first time it has reached me on a plane that was not intellectual. It has a place of resonance on the physical, energetic, and subtle planes.

That would be why I named this blog as I did (not transferring the lovely lummox moniker), and why the invocation is particularly important. It steers me on a course that will be of greater purpose and use. It feels like I have stepped back on the path I had fallen so far from. It is a continuation of something, it is the beginning of something, and it is ultimately the end of my meandering.