The Right to Live, the Right to Die
Satya in Our Social and Political Choices
(3) Not Stealing or Withholding — Asteya
Asteya in Our Social and Political Choices
(4) Follow God, Follow Love — Brahmacarya
Brahmacarya in Our Social and Political Choices
Aparigraha in Our Social and Political Choices
Shaoca in Our Social and Political Choices
Santosa in Our Social and Political Choices
(3) Giving of Ourselves — Tapah
Tapah in Our Social and Political Choices
Svadhyaya in Our Political and Social Choices
(5) Spirituality — Ishvara Pranidhana
Affirmation for Ishvara Pranidhana
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In 1971, I was nineteen years old. After a tumultuous adolescence I was searching for some positive direction for my life. A creek ran by the small house where I lived and I sat by it every day that summer, trying to unravel the truth about life and my place in it. I began reading books about yoga, which led me to an interest in adopting a vegetarian diet. One day in the health food store I saw a notice for a free yoga class. I took the class and was so impressed by the instructor and by the changes that a simple daily routine of yoga and meditation brought into my life that I continued to study and practice. Eventually I began to teach, and my curiosity led me to India, where I met my spiritual teacher and transformed my life through study of the teachings of the vast body of work called Tantra Yoga, and through service to the poor.
Many years and many changes have occurred in my life since then, but one constant is my daily practice. Tantric meditation has provided me with a spiritual base upon which I have built the rest of my life. It is a daily alchemy, turning the dross of my mind’s wanderings into the golden treasure of spiritual realization. I cannot imagine my life without this treasure. I have not had an easy life, nor have I always understood the meaning of its trials, but my meditation has always brought me into focus, provided me with strength to prevail over