I'm closing in on the last long run(s) of a training cycle that started the day after Stone Mill 50 Mile Endurance Run last November. Physically I'm very much invested in my upcoming 100 mile race. Emotionally and spiritually I am beginning to detach - my goal is to run the race in the manner of Bhakti that I blogged of earlier. Yes, I wish to finish - yet more importantly I wish to run 100 miles in devotion to the run itself. In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna tells Arjuna that the way of yoga (union) that is closest to His heart is the way of devotion - to offer the moment and whatever it brings you completely to the run and to view the run as something more - an extension of Love and the Universe unfolding in a prayerful delight of motion.To do so means surrounding my will to a greater path and to trust this path completely. That's the goal and the goal is the path. All I have to do is run.
Peace,
Eric
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