Once upon a time I met a very very wise yoga teacher. He seemed different from all the others I had met simply because he seemed like he had nothing to prove.
In an age of celebrity everyones, all the self-promotion on Instagram and Facebook and the rest, it seemed like he could care less about any of that.
He wasn’t a show off, he was just content to teach and be of service and be himself. He just loved teaching and helping, and yoga itself.
He didn’t need anyone’s adoration, he needn’t need much actually.
It’s kind of magnetic when someone doesn’t need anything from you, isn’t it? You just want to hang around them more, ironically.
But if you have young ones around you, teaching them to navigate this is so important, isn’t it?
They get so wrapped up with social media and what other people think of them, everything depends on that. Well, I’m guessing that’s the case, although I did read a study that said it was the case. I was like that for a long time into adulthood and I didn’t even have social media growing up. I just had a cardboard box. We knew how to make our own fun, by crikey!
But all this?
It begins with you. It doesn’t require you to do anything, beyond freeing yourself from the exact same thing:
Finding happiness and security within yourself first and foremost. Freeing yourself from needing anything from anyone - enjoying people but not being chained to them.
Then you are a living example of peace and acceptance for them. So they always have that kind of anchor to come home to, to connect with. So no matter how tough their heads get, they have you.
Makes sense? Working on yourself means you can make the biggest impact on the whole world.
Go well! Arjuna
PS. Here's a practice for freeing yourself of needing anything - and enjoying everything - can be found here (and it's free):
www.arjunaishaya.com/freestuff