Sweet chariots

Wow. what a Monday morning present waiting for me to open. Thank you for an amazing, mesmerizing and inspiring talk. You have a beautiful gift of explaining some seriously complicated subjects to a level that I can understand with left over curiosity which I think is good. Second thing you put so much great information in a tiny, short talk. So grateful for your talk this morning. I love all of your talks. Please make more videos at Ekhart Yoga. Gratitude and blessings to you and Ekhart Yoga.

Wow! A real cliff hanger!!! Is there a sequel?? Thanks for this very provocative, very cool talk, David.

The truth is usually easily recognised as it always comes with a sense of "I knew this already". Still, it is good to have the obvious stated some times, as we seem so good at forgetting it. Working with and enhancing focus and discrimination, separating minor details from real issues needing attention are definitely the most important and useful things to come out of my yoga practice. I wasn't new to these things before getting into an asana practice but it strikes me ever so often how the monkey mind can and will be trained or reined by repletion of seemingly simple actions, like observing and focusing on the breath and sensations coming from movement of the body. Advanced and complicated beings or structures as we may be, simplicity is for me the only way to go if I want to get somewhere without exhausting myself completely in the constant pull between pleasure and suffering. I have often found it quite hard to let go of desires, of holding on the old because it seemed this would be replaced by a huge amount of nothing, of emptiness. More and more a realise that there is no such thing as emptiness, not for me anyway, there will only be the lack of stress, contraction, suffering and all those things basically bringing me all things I have NO desire for. Thanks, David, interesting talk, as always. And as for the whereabouts of the lord of the chariot I am not quite sure yet, but letting go of the reins seems like one way of making sure the wild horses doesn't drag neither the chariot or the charioteer into unwanted territory :-)

Thanks for that really lovely metaphor and the clear description. I have never come across it before in any yoga class or read it anywhere, and it really is such a cohesive and precise description, I wont forget it. Your story reminded me of one of the most amazing temples I have ever seen, konark in odisha, eastern india, maybe you have visited? which is built to resemble a huge chariot roaring out of the sea with 12 (i think) chakra wheels, and is covered with the most intricate and amazing carvings - the sea has receded over the centuries so it is now a few km from ocean, but the symbolism of it is so powerful and memorable and hearing your talk shed another light on it.

David, thank you for asking the question! The Lord of the Chariot is in the chariot, waiting for me to understand and realise him as my real self. It's literally awsome, and a lot of courage from me will be needed for this realisation and I haven't got it yet. I hope for more teaching from you. Thank you.