Final Outcome

Final outcome: 

the final outcome is always surrender, not as a goal, nor with any point of an achievement, but that now we're free of those concerns, entirely so, and life simply continues in its present flow, unobstructed by our opinions and demands. In yoga this is Isvara pranidhana, last of the Niyamas, the personal observances used to help us see the path more clearly. The Yamas and Niyamas are arranged in specific fashion for our eventual letting go our incessant sense of I-ness and our need to claim every action as our own. They're designed so that we move forward towards the more subtle practices of yoga and no longer carry the full baggage of an ever grasping ego. 

by the time we reach this stage...surrender happens on it's own. 

being the final outcome of our practice.

always. 

again, this isn't something that we can push towards. If we do than we are back to our original point of striving for an object, or a feeling of victory and achievement over the obstacle of our sense of self. The truth is that there are no obstacles here, our sense of self-hood is an illusion that is seen through with clarity of a discerning view. 

our final outcome has been present all along. 

there is nothing to surrender, and no one present to give themselves away. 

it's just a continuous surrender.

life, in its ever present state of flow. 

always. 

~

Peace, Eric