Tapah

Spiritual Hardship. This is the practice of following through w our commitments by finishing whatever hard work we need to, if it means taking others and ourselves out of pain.

The Moment of Opportunity is Now Here.

The decision to attune to inner power takes courage and discipline. Finishing the hard work, even if it means taking yourself or others out of pain by drastic means. The mind refines to form the body.

Tapas dignifies character. Sattva is the state of being when you are in harmony, and doing the work for the pureness of doing the work. Rajastic is the state of work for reward. Tamastic is the state of laziness. Turn the heat upward. Stick with the fire until the sensation is gone.

Coal presses to form a diamond. Situations that used to baffle you, now are faced with courage. The wisdom gained through the experience is multi-faceted.

On the mat.

Accept what is no longer available. Allow yourself to breathe through the discomfort. Tapas reveals who you truly are.

For today.

The breath is both involuntary and voluntary. Self-observation during the burn can bring clarity to habit. Negative feelings surface to leave the body.

If the experience becomes an internal battle, and cannot be released - suppression forms and can be dangerous. The answer is to transform the thing. You are heating the body from darkness to light.

Time drifting
shifting
LIFTING
me
high on a tree
on a branch
in a house
everyone is loved
even the mouse
even the cat
even the rat
Transcending on this mat

Heat burns through obstacles. Tapahs are the things we go through that dignify our character and evolve our soul. Like coal that is pressured into a diamond, situations that used to baffle us, now are faced courageously because of the wisdom gained through experience.