GOING WITH THE INWARD FLOW: lessons from four legged friends
Book Three, Sutra 2 of Patanjali’s Yoga sutras states: “The continuous inward flow of consciousness is meditation” (Nischala Joy Devi translation).
When I was a child we adopted our first dog, a spirited toy poodle. Predictably, the care, feeding and training that was promised by us kids, failed to materialize and fell onto mom. With 5 children and little extra time on her hands, dog training became a low priority. As a result we spent many hours frantically trying to find, catch and retrieve “Pepe” who took every opportunity to escape the home front and run free. At the time we thought of this as people with a “bad dog” problem, but looking back, I see it was a dog with “bad owners” problem. We were too preoccupied to give the dog the attention, discipline and love it really needed.