I’m just wondering how many people recognize their own pitfals?
I found myself being angry to people who do not care about their health and wellbeing… I know that I should cope with this judgmental attitude…
what are your’s ?
Well City Monk…where do I begin???xx
Beautiful scantily clad women.
Laziness.
Candy, cakes, and cookies. (I’ve stayed away from them for a year, but I’m still in love with them).
Too many to list.
[QUOTE=thomas;43228]Beautiful scantily clad women.
Laziness.
Candy, cakes, and cookies. (I’ve stayed away from them for a year, but I’m still in love with them).[/QUOTE]
Never takes candy from strangers Thomas 
Nice one Kareng.
Very quick-witted. xx
I’d probably fall very hard if a beautiful scantily clad stranger offered candy to me.
[QUOTE=core789;43240]Too many to list.[/QUOTE]
Same here…but when I think about it, I can put it all down to a few things:
- Laziness…6am the alarm goes off…(there’s no way, I will get up at 4am to do Yoga)…I’m like ‘screw Yoga…I am too tired…’ the voice goes ‘but hey, there’s only half an hour of Brahma Murta left…get up or you’ll miss it…’ I’m like ‘f*** it’…then I sleep for another hour, getting up at 7am to rush through my Sadhana before breakfast…
- The very liberal use of profanities…I mean nothing by it, of course…but my Vishuddhi Chakra definitely needs some work.
- Coffee…I am addicted to the stuff…I also occasionally smoke cigarettes when I am stressed or bored too…yeah, I know I need to give these up.
- Heavy Metal music…I need the ‘rush’ that this provides and it’s the only thing that puts me in a good mood…the louder, the better.
I know I am not a ‘model yoga citizen’, but if I can get over these things, I will start getting myself into a routine.
The list is never ending.
[B]Pitfall #463 -[/B] Talking too much and too fast whenever I get excited or anxious. This rapid speaking ensures that my mind is constantly engaged and not burdened by [B]thinking about what I am saying[/B], which is usually realized shortly after I shut up ([I]if that ever happens[/I]).
[B]Pitfall #532 -[/B] Yoga was kind enough to give me the awareness to tell the difference between beneficial and non-beneficial actions, so that I can no longer claim ignorance when I do something stupid. I engage in many bad habits now with full comprehension of their effect, which is unnerving. The saving grace is that yoga also taught me that I have to first accept where I am and fully understand it before I start trying to crawl my way towards change. It also taught me to be more tolerant of myself.
[B]Pitfall # 12 -[/B] Chocolate Mousse
…and I’m so greedy! Not to staff and $ but greedy for emotions and experiences…
I think my biggest pitfall is that I talk to much about yoga. I don’t just attack people and start talking about it, but to other practitioners or friends who are in to it and like to talk about it. It says somewhere in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika that your spiritual practise should be kept as a close and personal relation. I really agree to this. I find that the more I talk about yoga, and especially my own practise, the more ego will seep in to it. I do not brag or try to look better than I am, but I usually “feel” like a little is lost whenever I talk to much bout it.
My pitfalls, hum…how much time do I have?
I always think I can make things better.
I give my students an enormous amount of my time, especially when I don’t have it.
Chocolate, chocolate and then there’s chocolate
Spoiling my nieces and nephews way to much
And then there’s dark chocolate and more dark chocolate and oh, there’s dark chocolate covered espresso beans.
Can never pass up flowers or herbs.
I always think I can make things better
I give my students an enormous amount of my time, especially when I don’t have it.
Thats not a pitfall to want to try to make things better, in fact that is a highly evolved way to think and the same for your students Lotusgirl xx
But the chocalate…well …oh dear and its Christmas nearly,…do you have the chocallate calender ready for the 1st of December:D
I have an over-developed sense of responsibility. Ergo, tight shoulders and worry.
Eagerness to teach … holier than thou stance … impatience with other person’s posts … anger at casual and carnal approach to Yoga/ spirituality that to me is my very life … chai latte … tall…
oh, did you say pitfalls? The greatest one, not knowing that the above are.
[QUOTE=Suhas Tambe;43491]Eagerness to teach … holier than thou stance … impatience with other person’s posts … anger at casual and carnal approach to Yoga/ spirituality that to me is my very life … chai latte … tall…
oh, did you say pitfalls? The greatest one, not knowing that the above are.[/QUOTE]
A very honest post. I wouldn’t have expected this.
Now I have to add to my own pitfalls that I have a tendency judge others too harshly and too quickly.
Eagerness to teach?? is this a pitfall?
yes, when the other is not eager to learn and you don’t care. (It takes two to tango!)
Nobody I know people with same issues to work with to.Even the heavy metal and the cofee included damn.What about thinking next time that death is right at your left shoulder looking at you ready to get your butt maybe you will do your thing at 5 00 am instead the next time.You see you are the type of people that think things to much to do them.Cause you really like to feel good .Hey you are very honest thats great I bow.
[QUOTE=teitan;43500]Nobody I know people with same issues to work with to.Even the heavy metal and the cofee included damn.What about thinking next time that death is right at your left shoulder looking at you ready to get your butt maybe you will do your thing at 5 00 am instead the next time.You see you are the type of people that think things to much to do them.Cause you really like to feel good .Hey you are very honest thats great I bow.[/QUOTE]
Thank you. I am one of the most ‘hedonistic’ spiritual people out there and I guess it has something to do with being Wiccan…(not using that in my defense of course).
However, I am at the stage of trying to give up what I like doing, for that which I [I]have[/I] to do and, of course old habits die hard with me (I don’t use my mortality as an excuse either). lol
There’s also the old Tantric saying ‘we rise through that which makes us fall’ and it was only 4 years ago that I was smoking marijuana very heavily…totally f’ing up my Chakras…I have already quit doing a lot of bad things and eventually I will get up early, give up smoking cigarettes and replace coffee with tea (none of that herbal crap though) lol
As for Metal Music…unless I am permanently stuck in sarvangasana (ie my butt is not pointing downwards), there’s no way I will ever get into that ‘ambient’ stuff.
Maybe next life…