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28-01-2021
Column: Yoga - JOY AS A RADICAL ACT
Column: Yoga - JOY AS A RADICAL ACT
This is different to the Western view of joy. In our society, joy is passive and reactive and caused by something else. A job promotion, a shiny new purchase or a sudden fortune makes us feel joy. Then with time, that joy fades into a dull memory.
But in yoga there is another type of joy, a more sustainable joy. We call this joy: unconditional, innate joy. It cannot be exhausted because it resides within us at all times. No external stimulus can evoke it, but as we develop our inner worlds through yoga and silence, we can tap into this joy anytime.
The dominant paradigm in society equates happiness with material or social gain. In a world of diminishing, finite resources, if my joy is linked to the next purchase, then there must be a finite amount of joy in the world. I must take from others in order to have more for myself. Innate joy, however, denies the basic idea that joy is finite and linked to consuming things. Innate joy is unlimited, within the reach of everyone. This infinite source of joy radical

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