Two concepts that I am chewing on from the yoga sutras, one "Samyama". I find this book very interesting on the subjectNot long ago Deepak Chopra had a webcast where towards the end he had us go into the silence and then dropped the words "peace", "laughter", "love", "harmony". What he does is drop de word in an athomsphere of silence or what is also known as samyama, as explained by Patanjali.
Any thing we want to manifest in life, we just drop the word into the silence. The important thing is not to attach images to it, no visualization, no nothing, just the word in the silence, a little like in the bible, when the world was created: "and then there was the world".
The second concept is "abundance". I am re-phrasing the concept but what Patanjali tells us is that the moment we stop stealing everything, (including ideas, or energy, not just money), then absolute abundance is with us.
How does this relate to my visit to Buenos Aires?
While I was there, for just a week, a family driving to see their parents disappeared after paying toll on a freeway, people were killed for their wallets, a teacher was killed by a student for money, a car was blown up accross the street from where I was staying for insurance purposes, and my father had his house broken into!
Every household you visit is constantly talking about "insecurity", the word has so much power that the samyama effect happens, it is translated into childrens' psychic, and it is constantly being fueled. True, there is a problem, the police is corrupt, and people's homes are stolen all the time. Even on the street I had to be careful, and my sister warned me not to carry money beyond what I absolutely needed. You can imagine how I felt about my boyfriend wanting to carry his i-phone!
As per the abundance, that is a concept that people in Buenos Aires seem to have given up on. The thought of "every man for himself" is very much alive, and the "taking" of things is very much in vouge. I am not judging as I do not live there and I am sure people are trying to survive, however, when we take (not pay taxes, or take on the cable from the neighbor or, you know? steal in subtle ways, then the abundance cannot reach us)
I feel Buenos Aires needs something like a Wayne Dyer, or even Deepak Chopra, someone who can counteract the constant influx of negative thinking that comes mostly from the media.
I am modestly working on a blog in spanish, doing what I can from where I am. Yes, that is it, I must keep it really positive! perhaps I will blog about this in Spanish too.
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