Action in Inaction

6.12.11  My birthday =]]
Starseed Yoga and Wellness of Montclair, NJ

Bhagavad Gita  4:18  The person is wise who sees the inaction in action, and the action in inaction.  He or she is a yogi and can accomplish everything.


"Sloka 4:18 says the one who sees the inaction in action and action in inaction is a wise person, a yogi.  Having reached this point, you have accomplished everything.  You do, and at the same time, do not. 
You do not, yet still you do.  You sleep and sleep not.  You eat, yet eat not.  So on and on, two different things that look like opposites.  But the wise person knows the difference.  You see inaction amid all the actions.  That means you know there are two different things in the same experience, two sides of the same coin.  One acts, the other observes.  The observer is the witness.  As a witness, you don't act.  As an actor, you don't witness.  If you are a wise person you take both positions simultaneously.  You know who is doing and who is observing.  And because you know how to be the witness, then even though your body and mind may be doing you know it is not you who is acting. 
"A simple example is that of the lotus flower which blossoms when the sun comes up.  When the sun goes down, it closes.  Is it the sun that causes the blossom to open in the morning and close in the evening?  Ask the sun, "Why are you doing that?"  The sun says, "I don't know anything.  All I know is I'm here.  I don't even come and go.  It's you who says the sun rises and sets.  I'm never up.  I never set.  I don't get upset.  From your standpoint you think I'm coming and going."
-H.H. Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Living Gita, p. 60

Bhagavad Gita 4:18  The person is wise who sees the inaction in action, and the action in inaction. He or she is a yogi and can accomplish everything.


Sequence:  Class began with a restorative pose of Supta Baddha Konasana (supine bound angle pose) with two bolsters crossed in a "t" formation, like a seasaw.  Breath awareness and centering here, along with above reading.  Sit up in a crossed legged postition of yogi choice for 3 OM's.  Urdhva Baddhangulyiasana (upward bound fingers pose), Chakravakasana (cat/cow), table balance, Balasana (child's pose), Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog), plank, lunge, Balasana > Ashtangasana (eight pointed pose) 3x, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Uttanasana (standing forward bend), shoulder rolls, Surya Namaskara (sun salutations) 4x, Virabhadrasana II > star, Trikonasana (triangle pose), Prasarita Padottanasana (wide legged forward bend), Vrksasana (tree pose), Bhujangasana (cobra pose), Bekasana (frog pose), Dhanurasana (bow pose), Apanasana (yoga hug), Sucirandhrasana (ankle to knee pose), Supta Padagusthasana (supine hand to big toe pose) with a belt.  Savasana (corpse pose) with guided relaxation.  Play the Muladhara (root) chakra crystal singing bowl to come out of Savasana.

Bhagavad Gita 4:18 The person is wise who sees the inaction in action, and the action in inaction. He or she is a yogi and can accomplish everything.


"...there are two different things in the same experience, two sides of the same coin.  One acts, the other observes.  The observer is the witness.  As a witness, you don't act.  As an actor, you don't witness.  If you are a wise person you take both positions simultaneously."
-H.H. Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Living Gita, p. 60

Closing Peace Chants
Asaato Maa Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Maa Jyotir Gamaya
Mrityor Maa Amritam Gamaya
Lead us from unreal to Real.
Lead us from darkness to the Light.
Lead us from the fear of death, to the knowledge of Immortality.
OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
Lokaah Samastaah Sukhino Bhavantu
May the entire universe be filled with Peace and Joy, Love and Light.
Namaste.