That Thou Art

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Tat tvam asi is the Mahāvākya (Grand Pronouncement) from Chandogya Upanishad. The Advaita school of Shankara assigns a fundamental importance to this Mahāvākya and three others of the same kind from three other Upanishads. This is actually a statement meted out by Sage Āruni to Shvetaketu, his son. It says literally 'That thou art'. In other words that Brahman which is the common Reality behind everything in the cosmos is the same as the essential Divinity, namely the Atman, within you. It is this identity which is the grand finale of Upanishadic teaching, according to Advaita. The realisation of this arises only by an intuitive experience and is totally different from any objective experience. It cannot be inferred from some other bit of knowledge. To comprehend the meaning an analysis of the three words in the pronouncement is needed.

Class Schedule

From Collages

I need to confirm dates and times, but it looks like it is going to happen.

Sun Yantra

A sun Yantra, to read more about Yantras and their meaning,
check out Sanatan Society

Yoga with Les

Check out yoga with Les, on of my instructors from Yoga Tree.
His yoga Podcast.

Always moving, flowing his classes can be challenging but always rewarding.

Tantric Art

Images of Tantra

Artist Unknown, interesting images, primal worth checking out.

Excerpted from "Tantra," with text by Franck Andre Jamme, published by Galerie du Jour in 1995.

The thought has often occurred to me that perhaps never in the universal history of painting, have works at once so mysterious and simple, yet so powerful and pure ever been produced - a bit as if, here, man’s genius had been able to assemble almost everything in almost nothing.

Energy is indicated here in the form of a spiral travelling through and regulating the colours of the world. One can also read into it the representation of the cosmic form of the god Vishnu (tantrism having been propagated throughout all Hinduism, its titular gods, Shakti and Shiva, are not the sole divinities concerned in the ritual).

Protein Shake Breakdown

Here is a breakdown of calories, protein and fiber for 1 flaxseed protein shake.  It would be less if you did not double up on the protein, flaxseed, and almond milk.  Almost 3/4 your daily fiber and protein. Who knew dates had that much fiber, they are also high in potassium. Information is from the Daily Plate.

Food  Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Banana
            1.00         60    0g     0mg        1mg        15g       14g        3g       1g 
Bob's Red Mill Whole Ground Flaxseed Meal
           2.00        120    9g     0mg       0mg         8g        0g        8g      6g 
NutriBiotic Rice Protein
           2.00        116    1g      0mg    20mg         4g        2g        0g     24g 
Pacific Natural Foods Almond Milk
 2.00        180     5g    0mg   280mg      32g      28g       0g       2g 
Medjool Dates
                  1.00         230     0g    0mg       0mg       62g       0g        6g     2g 

                                                      Cals       Fat       Cholest Sodium Carbs  Sugars Fiber Protein
Click totals for charts! Totals: 706        16g       0mg      301mg   121g     4         18g      35g
% of your daily value                 25.12% 24.29% 0%        12.55%   40.2%  n/a     72%    70.58%

Fitness Minutes Calories Burned Distance Heart Rate
Yoga (hatha) 90.0 -269.0 ( an hour and a half of yoga burns 270 calories)

Day 9 - Spring Cleanse

My new friend, flax seed, banana, date, almond milk and rice protein shake. There will be a couple of new things to keep around for a while in my diet and kitchen.  Contemplative mornings spent with a dry brush and sesame oil.

I just now started waking up at 5:30, ready to start the day. Too bad I can't train the rest of my body to do the same. 

Coming down of the cleanse, I hit it pretty hard today. Lamb Burger, I feel like I need to start all over just to deal with that. Felt tired and sluggish all day. The two hours of yoga and pilates might have contributed to that. 

Tomorrow, last day.