Our expectations change in all kinds of ways when we go to India or attend
a social gathering.
We are social mammals. Open systems.
We are wired to need and seek relationship. Why?
Social mammals are incapable of regulating thought, emotion and even physiology
unless we are in social relationships and in physical contact.
Human beings cannot develop and then maintain a functioning self and balanced emotions unless in social relationships. Just being in a group will influence
our physiology -- even calm us down if we are crabby from having been alone all day and then go see friends.
These days, many of us, even if we have had happy and secure upbringing, now live in societies where relationships and interaction are continually distorted and disrupted - overwork, excessive time spent commuting to and from work,
having our snouts constantly pasted to screens ---
To go to a group where we sit close to one another, no interference from outside, shared goal, where all gadgets are turned off, and all attention raptly focused on a guru or yoga teacher --
This is an oasis in the emotional desert.
It may even explain why yoga classes are so popular.
Its the one place where you can go, guilt free, and both give and be given
undivided attention, listen and be listened to.
Add in people's craving for enlightenment and you have something hella powerful.
a social gathering.
We are social mammals. Open systems.
We are wired to need and seek relationship. Why?
Social mammals are incapable of regulating thought, emotion and even physiology
unless we are in social relationships and in physical contact.
Human beings cannot develop and then maintain a functioning self and balanced emotions unless in social relationships. Just being in a group will influence
our physiology -- even calm us down if we are crabby from having been alone all day and then go see friends.
These days, many of us, even if we have had happy and secure upbringing, now live in societies where relationships and interaction are continually distorted and disrupted - overwork, excessive time spent commuting to and from work,
having our snouts constantly pasted to screens ---
To go to a group where we sit close to one another, no interference from outside, shared goal, where all gadgets are turned off, and all attention raptly focused on a guru or yoga teacher --
This is an oasis in the emotional desert.
It may even explain why yoga classes are so popular.
Its the one place where you can go, guilt free, and both give and be given
undivided attention, listen and be listened to.
Add in people's craving for enlightenment and you have something hella powerful.