Sun Salutation Challenge Day 16: Don’t you deserve 120 seconds?

Your body is your vehicle for moving through life. A gift to your lover. The energy engine to drive and be driven by your emotions. It reflects every action you take from the time you wake up until you go to bed at night, and the quality of your sleep. Every bite of food you eat, and every bend, stretch, lift, twist, and exertion all day long.

People who think it unfair to judge people by the results of their thoughts, feelings, values, beliefs, and actions…I have to wonder precisely what they ARE willing to be judged by, and how they judge others. Everyone judges. Everyone prioritizes their time and energy. Pretending this isn’t true doesn’t pass even the first Gate.

Just over the last couple of days there was discussion about the teaching of a certain “expert.” When I mentioned that the first thing I’d look at is: “what are this person’s results in this arena?” the answer was: not good.

Then…why did people listen to them? Because the ideas sounded good? Because they were presented in an entertaining fashion? Were they comforting to me and my friends, or disturbing to my enemies?

WHY?

It is certainly possible for people to have good advice about arenas in which they themselves failed, or have yet to succeed. But I would hope that your FIRST question is: “who has succeeded at X?” You listen to what they say about their actions, beliefs, values, emotions connected to the thing. Their strategies.