icchā : Will (Part 2)

And just like that ... we have started October on the wake of a full moon nonetheless. I follow astrology and the energy attributed to this full moon is one of letting go of what does not work whether it be relationships. old patterns, habits, etc. On the other hand, it is also about focusing our energy on what does work for us. This entails being ok with the growing pains that this requires.

Philosophy study or svadhyaya (study of the Self) is a keeper for me. I am still focusing on icchā or will this week. This time I'm paying attention to the sense of fullness and completeness that icchā comes from. If you are like me and most human beings, there has always been a sense of not being enough like white noise in the background of daily life.

The great teachers of my tradition say that we are already complete, that we contain the whole universe within. If this is the case, why is this not our constant experience? There have been times when I have come close to it, like after a great yoga class, or a great meditation session (I mean this. I am not saying it just because I'm a yoga teacher), or after a moment of feeling genuinely grateful, or after seeing something  extremely beautiful, or when I feel Love.

In those moments I am filled with a sense of lightness and possibility which make me feel very expanded and dare I say infinite. This sense does not come with specific solutions but an openness to possibility, all possibilities. There is a sense of being full and complete. To me this is the birthplace of icchā, Will.

This is very different from being stuck in a particular point of view or way of being or trying to exactly figure out how will I get the outcome I desire. Being in such a contracted state for too long traps us on a specific path. There is very little sense of expansion or lightness in walking this path. 

I invite you to connect to this sense of openness, lightness, and expansion in whatever way you can. Find out for yourself what you can bring forth into manifestation when you act from this space.

See you in class.

Blessings

Jorge Nihal