Comments on: What is Karma Yoga? Pt1: The glory of where you are. http://www.yoganexus.com/2012/09/what-is-karma-yoga-pt1-the-glory-of-where-you-are/ Yoga, Kirtan, Vedanta, practice, books, chants Mon, 06 May 2013 18:41:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Caitlin http://www.yoganexus.com/2012/09/what-is-karma-yoga-pt1-the-glory-of-where-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-33614 Caitlin Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:51:41 +0000 http://www.yoganexus.com/?p=1637#comment-33614 You know that feeling when thoughts about past and present are absent from your mind? That feeling of not-want. Like ambling through nature, carrying nothing but yourself, nowhere to be, no one to see. That's my ideal example of being totally in the now (and what I would give to be there now!). So how is it possible to feel that as a student, constantly thinking about tomorrow's paper or next week's exam? It's tough, especially when I grapple with the pitfalls of standardized tests and grades. I study, I do the task at hand, what is to be done. And gracefully accept that fruity A or F. You know that feeling when thoughts about past and present are absent from your mind? That feeling of not-want. Like ambling through nature, carrying nothing but yourself, nowhere to be, no one to see. That’s my ideal example of being totally in the now (and what I would give to be there now!). So how is it possible to feel that as a student, constantly thinking about tomorrow’s paper or next week’s exam? It’s tough, especially when I grapple with the pitfalls of standardized tests and grades. I study, I do the task at hand, what is to be done.

And gracefully accept that fruity A or F.

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