Veronica CarpenterNov 7, 20212 min readThis WeekThis week is about the path of Jnana Yoga: Yoga of the Highest Knowledge. This path is one that utilizes the intellect to search for the...
Veronica CarpenterJul 21, 20212 min readEgo vs SpiritEgo says- I need to be more than what I am. Spirit says- I am enough as is. Ego says- Success is measured by notoriety, money, power....
Veronica CarpenterJul 20, 20212 min readWe All Have An EgoYoga Sutra 2:6 tells us that "Egoism is the identification, as it were, of the powers of the Seer (Spirit) with that of the instrument...
Veronica CarpenterJul 19, 20212 min readThis Week's DiveAccording to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali there are 5 Hindrances of the Mind which cloud our understanding of who we really are. This...
Veronica CarpenterJul 18, 20212 min readEgoism ExploredThis week's philosophy theme will be the 2nd Klesha or "Hindrance of the Mind" written about in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which is...
Veronica CarpenterJul 14, 20212 min readWho Are You?If I asked you "Who are you?" What would you say? The average human begins to list things such as jobs, relationship status, belief...
Veronica CarpenterJul 13, 20212 min readPractice. Practice. Practice.The quote pictured was written in a letter to Ram Dass by the Tibetin Lama as he was dying. I found this quote in a talk by Ram Dass on...
Veronica CarpenterJul 12, 20212 min readShine AwarenessThis week is the beginning of the 5 week dive into the Hindrances of the Mind or the Kleshas. In an ancient text, The Yoga Sutras, the...
Veronica CarpenterJul 11, 20212 min readMagnificent MessIt took me a long time to truly love myself, mostly stemming from rooted trauma in my brain through the earliest years of my human...