Dashka, thank you for this. Everyone I know is going through some form of “am I allowed to feel joy, and of course I am but how much is allowed, and what if I’m not doing enough to help others; am
I allowed to retreat into whatever privilege I have sometime or ever or not at all? How much attention to what’s happening is enough and what about action?” It’s such important questions, and the energy it takes up is profound and perhaps not always the best use of said energy? Hard to know, because debating these questions within ourselves also matters.
I’m currently writing a keynote for a yoga conference on the topic of Ahmisa / love in action, and have been thinking for weeks what it means right now and what I want to say about it. Your post is helping me order my thoughts a little more.
I’m so glad it was helpful! I feel like it’s the eternal unanswerable question, at least for those of us who are privileged enough to be able to choose whether or not to feel joy/ignore suffering. I wish I could hear your keynote!
Dashka, thank you for this. Everyone I know is going through some form of “am I allowed to feel joy, and of course I am but how much is allowed, and what if I’m not doing enough to help others; am
I allowed to retreat into whatever privilege I have sometime or ever or not at all? How much attention to what’s happening is enough and what about action?” It’s such important questions, and the energy it takes up is profound and perhaps not always the best use of said energy? Hard to know, because debating these questions within ourselves also matters.
I’m currently writing a keynote for a yoga conference on the topic of Ahmisa / love in action, and have been thinking for weeks what it means right now and what I want to say about it. Your post is helping me order my thoughts a little more.
I’m so glad it was helpful! I feel like it’s the eternal unanswerable question, at least for those of us who are privileged enough to be able to choose whether or not to feel joy/ignore suffering. I wish I could hear your keynote!