the Flower at the Top of the Stem – venice class – Feb 10, 2015 tu
So, get familiar with the 10 Movements of your head, and then during your asana practice, as well as during the day, pay more attention to what you are actually doing with your head and neck. Let it be...
View Articlethe Feeling-Tone of Infinity – venice class – Feb 12, 2015 th
Now, I want to go a little bit longer here, just to paint the big picture. I don't want it to seem wordy, but this has been significant for me. It's helpful.I talk about Infinity. Infinite means "not...
View ArticleWaking Up to Unity – venice class – Feb 17, 2015 tu
Now, in addition to doing that, the main homework I have been suggesting is the Holy Instant. Practice the Holy Instant a lot — a lot — until it feels like it is driving you nuts. It is driving you...
View ArticleInfinite Means Not Finite – venice class – Feb 19, 2015 th
The word that keeps talking to me, and which I'm interested in learning more about, is "infinity." The idea I'm working with is: Infinity is another word for MIND or Consciousness. Infinity — or Mind,...
View Articlethe Presence of Mind – venice class – Feb 24, 2015 tu
Erich: At the moment, it seems like you are in a world, and in a body. It also seems like you leave the world and "drop" your old used-up physical body at the end of an incarnation.The new...
View ArticleDeath is a Fake – venice class – Feb 26, 2015 th
Erich: Let me get into one final thought here before we slide into the meditation. This is partly from what we were talking about the other day. My take on all of this, remember, is that there is no...
View ArticleGod Is – venice class – Mar 3, 2015 tu
Erich: OK, let me put it this way. First — the word, God. Try to wash your mind clean of what you think the word "God" means. It's hard. Essentially, though, the word "God" means Being with a capital...
View ArticleYou are Not a Form Being Conscious – venice class – Mar 10, 2015 tu
Erich: And so, you, as a conscious being, as you begin to identify yourself with the formless, changeless Conscious Presence that God is — which is therefore what you are, which is both formed and that...
View ArticleWhen I First Initiated Freeform in Class – venice class – Mar 12, 2015 th
Erich: When I first initiated Freeform in class more than 25 years ago, a woman came up to me at the end and said, "Erich! The reason I come to class is because I want you to tell me what to do. I...
View Articlethe One is Being the Many – venice class – Mar 17, 2015 tu
Erich: What we have been getting into the last couple days, the last couple classes, is: You are not a FORM being conscious. You are not a BODY being conscious. You are THAT WHICH IS AWARE of forms and...
View ArticleI’m Learning a Lot – venice class – Mar 19, 2015 th
Erich: I just have to say, again, I'm learning a lot. I'm having fun. The other day was fun. Last week was fun. The previous week was fun.I want to clarify one thing here, because I mentioned the other...
View ArticleLet the Truth Talk to You – venice class – Mar 31, 2015 tu
Erich: The point I want to emphasize is that Yoga is the inquiry into Truth. That's what it is.Therefore, the question you should walk around with is, "What is the truth here, really?" Something's...
View ArticleIn the Middle of the Ultimate – venice class – Apr 2, 2015 th
Erich: Philosophy means "the love of truth." Yoga means "yoke," union, unity. And so, the way we have been talking about it is that Yoga is the inquiry into truth.Now, the big point I want to emphasize...
View ArticleMy Morning Ritual – venice class – Apr 7, 2015 tu
Erich: The other thing I want to keep reminding everybody about, because I keep learning it anew, is always keep going back to the basics.Yoga. It means, "to yoke,""to join." When you "yoke" and...
View ArticleSavasana – venice class – Apr 9, 2015 th
Erich: I've been trying to include more Savasana in these classes. We did it the other day. It's been on my mind to do more of it. But, in lieu of that, as a homework, maybe get yourself to do Savasana...
View ArticleNamasté – venice class – Apr 14, 2015 tu
Erich: I was always taught that the word Namaste means, "I bow to you." Or, "The God in me sees the God in you." Or, "The Light in me sees the Light in you," something like that. These all have the...
View ArticleAwakened Ones – venice class – Apr 21, 2015 tu
Erich: It's funny. I'm trying not to be repetitive, and yet I know this is not repetitive. I know this is still the thing I'm learning about. And I know I've said it 10 million times. And I know I know...
View Articlethe Inquiry – venice class – Apr 23, 2015 th
Erich: Yoga is the inquiry into truth. Be able to say that on the test. "Yoga is the inquiry into truth."Therefore, the question that you dig with the most — and this is what I've been suggesting is...
View ArticleYour Mind is Connected – venice class – Apr 28, 2015 tu
Erich: The thing I want to emphasize today is ... Remember, it's always about the same thing. It's about realizing you are Online.In easy words: YOU ARE ONLINE.Your mind is connected to the Internet of...
View Articlethe All is Being All – venice class – Apr 30, 2015 th
Erich: So, we have been talking about a lot of things. It all revolves around a couple fundamental ideas. The discussion spins off and comes back, spins off and comes back. We're talking about the same...
View ArticleYoga for Your Health – venice class – May 5, 2015 tu
Erich: This is the entryway into a huge topic. I'm not sure how capable I am right now of getting into it hugely.But, you know, most people are doing Yoga for their health. Yes, do it for your health....
View Articlethe Bigger Wisdom – venice class – May 7, 2015 th
Erich: I would vote that during Chapter Three, the Guided Asana Chapter, that you deliberately practice listening more. Be willing to do whatever the human instruction is, sort of like Simon Says. If...
View ArticleNamasté and Body Authorization – venice class – May 12, 2015 tu
Erich: The other thing I want to refresh is the Body Authorization sentence. You should know this, too. Again, "Two times two is four.""Two times three is six.""I authorize my body to release..."Know...
View Articlethe Main Practice – venice class – May 19, 2015 tu
Erich: The thing I want to review, or refresh, or make sure we are so clear on, is the main practice. I've been talking about this a lot all year. But, just to keep hammering it in.Yoga, remember, is...
View ArticleI See You – venice class – May 21, 2015 th
Erich: So, as I am driving to class, I always ask inwardly for guidance about what to talk about. "If there is anything to talk about, what should I talk about?" That is the question I say. That way I...
View ArticleSubtle Joy – venice class – May 26, 2015 tu
Erich: So, in terms of a new paradigm — and this isn't new. I've talked about this. But, it's helpful to have this clarity every once in a while.Infinity IS.Infinite means "not finite..."Continue...
View ArticleUpdating Our Understanding – venice class – May 28, 2015 th
Erich: Most of you know this, and I know this, but, still, it's the thing!The main practice is the holy instant. Well, let me back up a step, so it makes sequential sense.Yoga is the inquiry into...
View ArticleJustification for Healing – venice class – Jun 11, 2015 th
Erich: There is something I want to talk about right now. I have talked about it in the past. When I first started getting wind of this it seemed like one of the most radical ideas around....
View ArticleInfinity Revisited – venice class – Jun 16, 2015 tu
Erich: Is everybody ready? Finally, we're starting!So, again, in case you don't already know this, Chapter One in these classes is talking about the Yoga mindset, to the best of my understanding. I...
View ArticleFeel It Within, See It Without – venice class – Jun 18, 2015 th
Erich: Now, one thing that's fun about this is that the clearer you get, the more the colors start getting prettier. This may sound silly, at first. But, it is an easy thing to start playing with...
View ArticleLetter to a Friend – venice class – Jun 23, 2015 tu
Erich: We have been talking about something very interesting. I want to get into it again and then I want to read something. I have never read anything in here. I wrote it, but I am going to read...
View ArticleForms and Formlessness – venice class – Jun 25, 2015 th
Erich: So, for example — and this is where it has taken me. Look at something that is in your actual field of vision right now. Actually look at something.I can see this iPod. I can see my watch. I can...
View Article2 times 2 equals 4 – venice class – Jun 30, 2015 tu
Erich: So, again, thank you for coming to class today. Thank you for coming as regularly as many of you have been coming. I appreciate it. It inspires me. It makes me want to do better.I always ask...
View ArticleSatchitananda ~ the Joy of Conscious Being – venice class – Jul 2, 2015 th
Erich: So, one more thing. What I have been saying is that the feeling-tone of Infinity is the ease of Being, and that your real DNA is G-O-D.Again, just hear that. This is a fundamental idea, like two...
View Articlethe Exact Moment – venice class – Jul 23, 2015 th
Erich: Yes. Whenever it occurs to you. Just that in itself is a good thing to remember.Therefore, in terms of homework, you don't have to remember to do it from now on. But, if it occurs to you — WHEN...
View Articlethe Yogic Lifestyle – venice class – July 28, 2015 tu
Erich: So, as a reminder... and I probably don't need to say this, and yet I am being prompted to say this, since I've got the chance and since we're here:LIFESTYLE.That's what it is.Just be clear on...
View ArticleTattoo It – venice class – Jul 30, 2015 th
Excerpt from full talk.Erich: The big deal, remember, like I was saying the other day, is it's all about lifestyle — the way you do your thing. Yoga is a lifestyle. It is not a PE class. It's a...
View ArticleIntuitive Alignment – venice class – Aug 4, 2015 tu
Erich: Now, remember, I have been recommending also that you go to other people's classes because everyone is teaching something different, and it's good to get a lot of different information. In here,...
View ArticleTrust the Universe – venice class – Aug 6, 2015 th
Erich:(Speaking to Hiromi, on the front of her t-shirt it says, "Trust The Universe") Would you mind standing up?Hiromi: [quizzical look]Erich: Would you mind standing up? Yes.And then look that...
View ArticleCourage – venice class – Aug 11, 2015 th
Erich: The other day I made reference to Descartes, the French philosopher. His famous dictum was, “I think, therefore I am.”When I first heard that I said, "It sounds good to me. I don't know. That...
View ArticleMind and Body are Inseparable – venice class – Aug 13, 2015 th
Erich (Holding a flower in his hand): As you can see, the flower has a shadow. And wherever the flower goes, there also goes the shadow. You know what I mean? Flower and shadow are inseparable. But,...
View ArticleMy Real DNA – venice class – Sep 10, 2015 th
Erich: Now, typically, the older you get the more you find yourself getting sick with various things. The tendency is to justify this by saying things like, “Well, that's just my genetic...
View ArticleBed Med – venice class – Sep 15, 2015 tu
Chapter Two in here is typically Meditation. The technique we have been doing lately is called Conscious Immobility. The idea is to sit absolutely still without holding yourself still. It doesn't sound...
View ArticleSavasana Again – venice class – Sep 17, 2015 th
Erich: The main practice in Yoga, the way I am talking about it — and, usually, when you talk about a "practice" you are talking about a specific thing that you are doing. Like, “I am practicing making...
View Articlethe World is not an Illusion – venice class – Sep 22, 2015 tu
Erich: The world is NOT an illusion.If you think it is, you will spend your time thinking you are wasting your time with an illusory event.Man, that's a bummer.It is really important to get beyond...
View Articlethe World is not an Illusion p2 – venice class – Sep 24, 2015 th
The World Is Not An Illusion, Part 2The world is not an illusion.You are not in a temporary world on the way to somewhere better.That's the illusion.The insight is that we are in the middle of Ultimate...
View Articlethe World is not an Illusion p3 – venice class – Sep 29, 2015 tu
Erich: All the guided human teaching, remember, is about helping you get to the place where you can do Freeform.Freeform does not mean that you abandon prescribed routines. It means that you give...
View ArticleLet the Colors Get Prettier – venice class – Oct 8, 2015 th
Erich: The predicament we find ourselves in is not just an illusion. We are in the middle of Ultimate Reality, misperceiving it, and having a weird experience. But, we are in the middle of Ultimate...
View ArticleThis is an Advanced Class – venice class – Oct 13, 2015 tu
Erich: Look around the room for a second and see who's here. This is an advanced group. This is what an advanced group looks like. You know what I mean? Young and old, etc.And what does the advanced...
View ArticleI Want to Do What You Would Have Me Do – venice class – Oct 15, 2015 th
Erich: This is how you do, “Thy Will be done.”With Love and Pranams,ErichContinue reading →
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