As you move toward your destination, are you moving away from your Self?
Salutations from Diane Avice du Buisson,
For thirty of the fifty-one years I have been living this life I have been studying Eastern philosophy and the eight limbs of yoga. My practices have been consistent and progress has been slow but steady. Just as water droplets falling onto a stone will eventually penetrate the surface, the seemingly solid form will dissolve and give way to the other side.
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois once said to me, "Slow growing is good growing." My life experiences with the practices of yoga, both personally and through sharing the teachings with others, have proven his words to be true.
To be given an opportunity in one lifetime to study with a yoga master is a rare and precious treasure. It has been my greatest fortune to have found not only one master, but two. I became a student of two Tibetan brothers, Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche twenty-two years ago. It wasn't until I met them that life in North America began to make sense. Once I was truly committed and began integrating meditation practices and the life philosophies of Vajrayana Buddhism, I began to experience life as a living sutra. An understanding of this life's purpose began to come into view and my daily and night time activities transitioned into an extension of practice and eventually service to others.
All that I share is a humble attempt to illuminate the path to others and reveal the truths that help bring me from partial to whole, from restlessness to calmly abiding, from fear to freedom.
May the great garuda be with you on your journey. Learn the secrets of its being and you too shall fly.