Bhagavad Gita

Finally! The 1,000+ page book is finished! It took me an entire year to complete.  Sadly, I can not say that this book was expertly evaluated and thoroughly studied. I just read through it when time permitted. The Bhagavad-Gita has transformed the way I process my thoughts. 

The book that took me a year to finish.

The Bhagavad-Gita demystified by Swami Nithyananda is an interpretation of a famous Hindu scripture. Swami Nithyananda interprets the verses with anecdotes that help the reader understand the language and meaning of the historic battle between two families. 

 The verses alone are available online, even on an apple application. But the interpretation that the Swami gives helps to better explain the concepts that are perfectly woven throughout the story. This book is one of my all time favorites. 

The author is engaging and authentic within the contexts he is expressing. He was India-centered, but the author and the story are both from India. 

No, I am not going to become a Hindu or a Krishna devotee after reading this mind altering book. I have become a lot more thoughtful and clear headed because of Arjuna's, the protagonist in the story, growth process throughout the story. The collective consciousness was demonstrated to him by Krishna, but not before learning universal truths from the hindu god. 

Yes, I will re-read the book because of it's universal truths. This book asks you to live without greed, deception, gluttony, obsession, possession, and without bondage. Being bound by your ego does not let you reach enlightenment. This book expresses that the path to enlightenment is open to everybody and there are many different way's of reaching that destination. Letting go of Ego is key and the book explains how to do this. 

The following are the conscious efforts I will practice for the following 20 days:

1. Daily Yoga Sequence: 
1. Surya namaskara (5), 
2.  Down Dog, 
3. Right knee to nose, right elbow, left elbow
4. Warrior I on right leg
5. Warrior II
6. Side Angle pose
7. Reverse warrior
8. Warrior II
9. Warrior I
10. High lunge
11. vinyasa
12. lizard
13. Crescent moon with Quad Stretch
14. cat and cow
15. Do same routine but with other leg
16. Staff pose
17. Paschmottanasana
18. End with kindness meditation
2. Running a mile and a half a day and take baby to the park.
3. Organizing my time to juice and fit greens into life again.
4. Complete final books for Yoga training.
5. Assist three times a week to complete yoga training.

These are only five goals I've set. These goals are not the answer to living in the now, or removing ego. They will help me complete the goals I've set in the past and set up a dependable routine that has been missing in my life. 

If these goals are reached within the twenty day's the only thing I hope to change after that are the daily sequences that I practice.