Day 23
Here is one of my favorite stories about
Gandhi walking the walk…
During the 1930′s, a young boy had become obsessed with eating sugar. His mother was very upset with this. But no matter how much she scolded him and tried to break his habit, he continued to satisfy his sweet tooth. Totally frustrated, she decided to take her son to see his idol – Mahatma Gandhi; perhaps her son would listen to him.
She walked miles, for hours under scorching sun to finally reach Gandhi’s ashram. There, she shared with Gandhi her predicament. -
“Bapu, my son eats too much sugar. It is not good for his health. Would you please advise him to stop eating it?”
Gandhi listened to the woman carefully, thought for a while and replied,
“Please come back after two weeks. I will talk to your son.”
The woman looked perplexed and wondered why had he not asked the boy to stop eating sugar right away. She took the boy by the hand and went home.
Two weeks later they revisited Gandhi. Gandhi looked directly at the boy and said,
“Boy, you should stop eating sugar. It is not good for your health.”
The boy nodded and promised he would not continue this habit any longer. The boy’s mother was puzzled. She turned to Gandhi and asked,
“Bapu, Why didn’t you tell him that two weeks ago when I brought him here to see you?”
Gandhi smiled,
“Mother, two weeks ago I was eating a lot of sugar myself.”
I told y’all the story of Gandhi, and the Cobra during the workshop on Tuesday, here is another story told by Yogananda.
“We hear of scriptural rules, but we see them lived and manifested in few people. Mahatma Gandhi lives and practices scriptural truths in all their details. The words of no other prophet or savior have had such an effect on a powerful nation as have those of Gandhi on England…..
When he first met Lord Irwin, after being imprisoned by him, the Mahatma had not the slightest enmity in his heart. Lord Irwin addressed him: “How are you, dear friend?” and presented him with goat’s milk and dates. Newspapermen marveled and wrote that Mahatma did not show any trace of anger when he met Lord Irwin. In South Africa Gandhi was stabbed by a man. When urged to take legal proceedings against him, Gandhi refused, saying, “I will send him my love.” Later, when this would-be assassin heard of Gandhi’s attitude, he became his follower…”
THE DIGITAL STUDIO CLASS SCHEDULE
Today, Saturday January 23rd
8-9am PST Vinyasa with Guest Teacher Serina Seesquasis
12-1pm PST Spa Flow with Carolyn Budgell
4-5pm PST Vinyasa with Risto Duggan
6-7:15pm PST Yin with Malina Dawn
Tomorrow, Sunday January 24th
8-9:30am PST Sunday Session: Be Whole with Natalie Wright
10-11am PST Vinyasa with Sarah Manwaring
12-1:15pm PST Vinyasa with Samaneh Asgharzadeh
6-7:15pm PST Active Yin with Risto
If you have any questions, please email The One Yoga Team at vancouver@oneyoga.ca for support.