When we are greedy, we rob ourselves of contentment. More subtle than asteya (non-stealing), greed is an internal seed which disrupts our ability to accept the flow of goodness in our lives. According to Iyengar, “one should not hoard or collect things one does not require immediately…collection or hoarding of things implies a lack of faith in God and in [one]self to provide for [one’s] future.” The anitidote, Iyengar claims, lies in trust that “everything [one] really needs will come… by itself at the proper time.”
“Whatever you stockpile – be it diamonds, big houses, fame, money, proficiency at advanced yoga poses, or less flashy things, you will inevitably encounter two certainties. First, all will be lost. Second, these things, in and of themselves, will never satisfy your cravings, which are expressions of your feelings of fear and emptiness.” (Lasater, p. 107).
Try these affirmations:
There is enough
You are already whole.
In asana, trust that you have enough – enough energy, enough support, enough breath. In pranayama, work with breath retention. Within the space of retention, consider the pause. Rest in the space of greedlessness: neither grasping for inhale or exhale.
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