Darkness, often perceived as 'anti-life' and evil, is essential for understanding the totality of creation and complexity of self. It embodies undefinable chaos and infinitesimal potentiality, engendering fear for many. True introspection can lead to self-reconciliation, yielding up revelatory insights and buried energies. Resolving inner darkness fosters personal well-being and holistic wholeness; aspects crucial for human existence.
We carry our burden on and on, until one day, suddenly, we laugh and set it down upon the ground. ~ Muriel Strode, My Little Book of Life
If, when most desperate, we examine our misery, we find it but a drop spattered from seas of trouble. ~James Lendall Basford, Seven Seventy Seven Sensations,
Bad is never good until worse happens. ~ Proverb
The earth is sliced into furrows that seeds may burst with life; even thus with our wounds. ~ Henry Stanley Haskins, "The Eternal Balance"
Earth's tribulations diminish in proportion to the elevation of our souls. ~ James Lendall Basford, Sparks from the Philosopher's Stone
The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief... ~ William Shakespeare, Othello
Balance, essential for bipedal living, is influenced by the visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems. Aging can deteriorate these connections, hindering basic movements. Regular balance exercises, such as Uttihita Hasta Padangusthasana, ankle stability, emotional stability, and sensory proprioception. Balance practices, in general, enhance neural pathways that are essential for brain health and overall mobility.
I shall come, not as one who has escaped pain, but as one who has glorified it. ~ Muriel StrodeÂ
. . . why so very, very merry? Is it purity of conscience, or your one-and-seven sherry?~ W.S. Gilbert
Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness 