Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - The World is One Family

This article, written in September 2023, speaks to the recent controversy in Tamil Nadu, India about Sanatana Dharma which has spread into a national and international debate.

A Note the Reader: If you are unaware of the context of this political situation in Tamil Nadu, it may be difficult to follow this situation. However, as a practitioner, kindly read with the mind of trying to understand the principles being pointed to.

I am Facebook friends with a yoga teacher in the U.S. I was connected to her through a student and asked if I could facilitate a session for her group a few years ago. I enjoy her posts and have commented on a few in the past. But I felt particularly compelled to say something on this post due to some comments that other people were making. They were judgements and accusations with absolutely no basis. These projections made me contemplate what many who stand up for what they believe in have to face on Facebook and otherwise. I am Facebook friends with a yoga teacher in the U.S. I was connected to her through a student and asked if I could facilitate a session for her group a few years ago. I enjoy her posts and have commented on a few in the past. But I felt particularly compelled to say something on this post due to some comments that other people were making. They were judgements and accusations with absolutely no basis. These projections made me contemplate what many who stand up for what they believe in have to face on Facebook and otherwise. She made a post about how she was annoyed to see yet another whitewashing and commercialisation of yoga through “Yogi Skeletons” that are sold at Trader Joe’s before halloween.

Spring has arrived with its colorful palette in Vancouver. I cannot but be enthralled by life that has sprouted to nourish the senses.. I am excited to be developing the script to shoot the short film about “Karma” who attended my 2019 teacher training and has moved through so much pain admirably.

Just as life takes its course, the creative process cannot be forced and one has to simply lay the ground for the project to blossom.

I have shared a poem below about allowing our lives to be shaped by life’s highest ideals.