Yoga, Bitcoin, & Being The Architect of Your Own Destiny
YOU are the architect of your own destiny. This means YOU take personal responsibility. Life isn't "happening to you." You're the driver.
First of all, YOU are the architect of your own destiny. This means YOU take personal responsibility. Life isn't "happening to you." You're the driver.
This is item #1 on my list of ways in which yoga & bitcoin are aligned.
Heather Larson
It's so much more than a list, so let's unpack it, starting with this first point today.
YOU are the architect of your own destiny. This means YOU take personal responsibility. Life isn't "happening to you." You're the driver.
I've been saying since 2007 that YOU are the architect of your own destiny. It began with me saying it to myself. Now, it's my trademark. (Literally, I own Destiny Architecture®).
Once you believe this and pull it into your soul, you're unstoppable.
If it's still everyone else's fault, you're still stoppable.
It's a life changing mind shift and it's built around personal responsibility. Are there still a few things outside a person's control? Of course. The more I accept responsibility for what's within my control, the more I will thrive. Say it with me now:
This idea is echoed in the Serenity Prayer of the 12 Steps:
In yoga, we find personal responsibility across the yoga sutras, though neither blatantly or explicitly. It's more subtle. Yoga itself is an ongoing practice and therefore an ongoing journey through personal accountability. The yoga sutras teach us the concepts of yoga, which stress taking the 8-limb path that includes the yamas and niyamas. These are the ways in which we show up for ourselves and each other.
A word about the yoga sutras
The sutras come in a variety of translations, so they are interpreted in many different ways. They bring us back to the basics of yoga starting with sutra 1.2, "Yoga is the suspension of the fluctuations of the mind."
Most people merely practice yoga poses as "fitness" and miss out on the meaning and depth that yoga offers through its philosophy. The knowledge of yoga is woven throughout the sutras, "sutra" meaning "thread."
Each of the nearly 200 sutras is merely a sentence; to read about the meaning behind them is where the depth of the translations begins. While it doesn't take long to read the sutras themselves, understanding them is where the reading, studying, and practice of them comes in.
Reading the yoga sutras is one way of taking personal responsibility for your yoga practice.
Taking Personal Responsibility the Yoga Way
In yoga, we know our karma is the result of our actions. (See yoga sutras 2.12-14). We take responsibility for ourselves through self-study, which is called svadhyaya in yoga.
In sutra 4.15, we're told each person sees things differently, which means we each experience life differently. So how we experience life is up to each of us and the lens through which we choose to see. We can alter this perception by overcoming the kleshas, or the five afflictions, the first being avidya, or "wrong knowing."
With Bitcoin, Personal Responsibility is Best
In Bitcoin, personal responsibility comes into how you interact with your Bitcoin. Self-custody means getting your bitcoin off of exchanges and into your own self-sovereign custody. It means you can be your own bank by running a node. Bitcoin itself is peer-to-peer financial sovereignty for individuals. I'm simplifying it though; it's so much more than that.
Saving in Bitcoin means you're saving in a currency that can't be debased like the US dollar. While Bitcoin is quite volatile in the short-term, it's meant to be a long-term store of value.
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Not financial or health advice! Please consult experts in physical & mental health as well as finance in order to evaluate your own personal situation. Always do your own research (DYOR) and consult experts before making any life decisions. The information shared here is merely the writer sharing her own personal views and experience.
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