Health & Wellness Best Possible Life
24 Heidi Farber
How can we live our best possible life? This is not an original concept. Indeed, this question has been posed for millennia. Whether from a Western perspective or an Eastern point of view, creating a good life has been a central theme for all societies as well as religions. This is not a single unchanging entity but a conversation over time reflecting an ever-evolving world. Cultures have morphed to become relevant with “modern times.” Yet our human responses to life’s difficulties remain the same. We still have anxieties, losses, disappointments, failures, and woes. People want to suffer less and hope to gain instead some sense of ease and equanimity. The resolution requires a change in consciousness that will restore our fundamental sense of connection to ourselves, Nature, and all beings. What tools can we use to help us creatively cope with change and impermanence, and reaffirm meaning and value? When we are dissatisfied with aspects of our own time and culture, we seek out alternative practices and beliefs of another. Some of them can be adapted or reinterpreted if they are to be embraced. As religious traditions evolve, traditionalists strive to maintain fundamental ideas that may no longer be relevant or meaningful. But innovators try to adapt them to meet the needs of the moment. This is how religions survive over many centuries. For example, Buddhism has developed alongside other yoga practices as it was transmitted from India to China and Japan. The history of this religion has been interpreted, reinvented and revised through different lenses. The challenge we face in the West is how to make Buddhist practice authentically our own. What gives us a sense of well-being in difficult times? Cultivating a set of moral virtues like compassion, truthfulness, courage and wisdom fosters happiness. But there are no perfect states of joy. This is a never-ending process without a final destination. We are all subject to misfortune and are not immune to suffering. However, we can still pursue happiness and live meaningful lives. Being wise and discerning, kind and loving will keep us on the path to a better life. We do this not just for self but for all of humanity. That is the goal
of yoga, which is to make our desires consonant with our higher selves. It is neither perfect nor permanent but reflects an aspiration to connect with others and end up in a better place. We must see the interdependence of the journey of the individual and the journey of society in which the individual lives. Personal transformation is interwoven with societal transformation. We embrace the world together as part of practice. It is our responsibility to form relationships to support, guide and influence others in wholesome ways. We are all agents of understanding, beginning with the mind and heart. We co-create the universe. All phenomena are interdependent. When we see this interdependence, we experience ourselves as connected, brave and deeply empathetic. This transformed view makes all the difference in the world. There is no separation between self and other, and my life exists only because of others. It is the power of others, the power beyond myself that sustains my entire existence. Nothing exists separate from other things in the universe. When we awaken to our togetherness with others, our experiences give rise to gratitude, which ultimately expresses itself as joy. Now ask: “What do I really want from practice? What is my best possible life?”
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Heidi Farber •Certified Kripalu Teacher • Teacher Training Central Square #19 • 199 New Road • Linwood, NJ 08221
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