The Joseph Yoga Blog

The Water Bearer

Happy New Month of Aquarius! The new moon of Aquarius began this
morning at 722am. It’s going to be a great month of manifestations!
Have you ever noticed on your electronic devises that little “I” and “0″
symbol on the power buttons? They are everywhere, coffee makers,
phones, computers, anything with a power button. I is for on, while 0 is for
off. It is said that the whole world is just made up of that simple equation.
When the I joins the 0 you get power. Think of the male and female
plugs on a cable. The “male” is the I and the “female” is the 0. When that
connection is made magic happens. This is the energy of this month:
Connection. The common symbol for Aquarius is the water bearer —
water pouring and landing on earth. This is the I and 0 connection! The
water is the I while the 0 is the earth. This month energy helps us find
connection to blessings. Things will come more easily this month, so be
excited and be prepared! To help further along your “connections” this
month, remember that life is a paradox. What is big is small, what is
small is big. What we need to remember this month is the importance of
knowing that if we really want to be free we need to have structure. How
can this be? Well, use traffic as an example. Today, note how free you
are to, after finishing reading this blog, leave your home and go to the
grocery store to purchase some food. You can get into your car, turn on a
certain road here, turn there, maybe a left here, a right there and then you
would arrive at the store. You have freedom to do that. But within that
freedom there was structure. Red Lights. Stop Signs. Speed Limits. No
U-Turns signs. No Lefts Turns signs. Many restrictions. But without
these restrictions, can you imagine what would happen? The entire road
system would be in complete chaos and no one would have the freedom
to go anywhere! Structure created Freedom. A small bit of structure
gave way to a huge portion of Freedom. Thats what we need to
remember this month. True Freedom isn’t doing whatever the hell you
wish to do — this is slavery at then end. Help further along the water the
bears on you this month by identifying where you need to put structure into
your life. Is it daily yoga practice at a certain time? Is it stopping
gossiping and negative talk by structuring the words that come out of your
mouth? Is it committing to volunteering at your favorite charity each
week? And can you see what huge freedoms you can gain from this
structure? Health and peace of mind. Deeper friendships. Recognizing
your purpose. Yogic philosophy says that the truth of life can be found in
the reflection of a tree in a lake. Meaning the truth of life is life inverted
(Adho Mukha Vrksasana/Dowward Facing Tree: Handstand Pose).
Nothing is what it appears. That what we think brings us happiness
ultimately will not That when you share you get. Have a good month. I
wish you many connections, manifestations and freedom in the truest
sense.

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