Subject: Yoga and Art
From: Benjamin Samuels (madhava@sprynet.com)
Date: Fri Apr 14 2000 - 17:09:46 EDT
I agree with Scottie to expand poet to artist. As for the ease and
commoness of saithood though, I am a bit surprised. I am usually optimistic
to a fault and I still find it rare to see someone thinking, speaking or
acting selflessly. Our whole society seems to be organized around the
opposite viewpoint- self-interest! Maybe in part there's a confusion of
terms though. Maybe, just maybe, it's easy to be good, as Scottie says.
About as easy perhaps, as writing some poems or learning a song on the
guitar. But to be a saint it takes tremendous efforts, skills, and
probably, as Scottie suggests, luck (or fate). And the truth may be that
for every Krsna there are a thousand Amadeus's.
I have to admit that my real question here is what are the similarities
between Yoga and Art?
And you won't believe it but I've been getting this insight into it lately
that is the key to Life, the Universe and Everything!
A yogi's work of art is his or her life itself.
May we all be excellent artists and become realized yogis, or else happy
diaper changers and bananabowl swimmers. I am off to Washington to help
start a revelution.
Love,
Madhava
----- Original Message -----
From: Scottie Bowman <rbowman@indigo.ie>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: Glass Yogis
>
> '... Mattis, what's the difference, do you think, between
> a poet and yogi? ...'
>
> If I may intrude on a private conversation, I would say:
> All the Difference in the World.
>
> Goodness is easy. Craft is impossibly difficult.
>
> Any Tom, Dick or Krishna can be a yogi. 'Wisdom' or
> 'understanding' or 'insight' are two a penny - & will come
> to most people whether they like it or not, in modest
> quantities, if they live long enough. Keep your nose clean,
> keep smiling, avoid any positive action that might look
> a bit dodgy & 'goodness' will be added as the cherry to put
> on top.
>
> But a facility with pen, paintbrush or piano - the kind
> that's honed over the years to the dizzying command
> of a master craftsman - is given to very, very few. If, to
> this, is added the even rarer gift of good luck, then you
> may, just possibly, have a piece of enduring poetry or music
> or art on your hands.
>
> For every Wolfgang Amadeus, there are about three
> thousand saints.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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