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Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 

Fire is used in religious symbolism as a good, and bad thing. 

Hell is very often shown as a place of fire and burning.  However, fire is also shown as a cleanser and purifier.  Nothing earthly can live in it.  

Many religions of the world describe man being made from "clay".  My take on this is that it's referring to everything in the world that we can see and touch (everything that's made of of atoms, and has mass, etc., is made of "clay").  We exist in this world where everything is made of the same materials (in one way or another).....everything is "clay". 

However, if you read into the creation stories of many religions, you'll see a common theme of divine beings that are made from "fire" (angels, for example, are described as being made of fire).  My take on this is that this simply refers to beings that are not made from atoms, molecules, and do not exist on the same plane as us, the planets, and the stars.  "Fire" in this context means something that was created in a completely different level of reality.  

This is about as "meta" as I like to get but I believe that there's some truth to this.  Therein, our "clay" bodies encase our "fire" spirits.  Yoga can help you control the clay and the fire and help you differentiate between which is the more important.  

Part II:

It's 6:55am as I type this, and I'm on my mat, having just come out of Savasana. 

No time to chatter.  Time to enter the world. 

Namaste


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