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Perspective<br />
If Nothing<br />
Matters<br />
Titti Ho<br />
What would happen if<br />
nothing we did<br />
mattered? If nothing<br />
had any intrinsic meaning, if<br />
everything became insignificant.<br />
Whether you achieved your task<br />
or not would neither create any<br />
expectation nor generate any<br />
impact.<br />
Would getting up on Adho<br />
Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand);<br />
dropping back into Chakrasana<br />
(Wheel); going from Pincha<br />
Mayurasana to Bakasana (Crow),<br />
down into Salamba Sirsasana II<br />
(Tripod Handstand) and land<br />
into high plank matter any<br />
more? Would your yoga practice<br />
be easier, if nothing mattered?<br />
Whether you accomplish the<br />
pose or not would make no<br />
difference. Would you still<br />
continue your yoga practice?<br />
Why would you practise yoga?<br />
We attach a meaning to<br />
everything we think, say or do.<br />
What is a perfect pose; what<br />
makes a bad posture? Why does<br />
good make you feel happy,<br />
when bad upsets you? If you<br />
look at everything in the bigger<br />
picture, you hardly make any<br />
difference or impact on others.<br />
For instance, the fact you can do<br />
a handstand does not make you<br />
a better person. Neither would it<br />
get you a bigger salary, nor give<br />
you a fulfilling life.<br />
Nothing matters and everything<br />
is insignificant could imply<br />
liberation for us all. At a basic<br />
level, we would no longer be<br />
concerned about perfecting our<br />
yoga practice; and taking a wider<br />
perspective we would no be so<br />
concerned about the way we act<br />
or lead our lives. Whether we do<br />
it or not, the potential<br />
consequence is there. We need<br />
not take everything so seriously.<br />
Nothing changes; nothing<br />
matters. When we practise, we<br />
need not have expectations. If<br />
we fall out a pose, it does not<br />
matter. When we achieve a<br />
difficult pose, it has no<br />
significance. After all it is not the<br />
result we are aiming for, rather<br />
the process we go through. Our<br />
yoga practice is transformed.<br />
If nothing matters, how we deal<br />
with our lives would be<br />
different. We would still<br />
experience emotions –<br />
happiness, joyfulness, sorrow,<br />
stress. The difference is we<br />
would no longer be attached to<br />
these feelings, as we appreciate<br />
they are just part of the journey.<br />
Perhaps we would feel things<br />
around us more fully. Maybe we<br />
would become more thankful<br />
and appreciative of everything<br />
around us. We would shine<br />
from within.<br />
Titti (bhasana) Ho (below), yogi<br />
aspiring to inspire all to<br />
transform their lives with yoga.<br />
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