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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

I am rereading Eat, Pray, Love. ✈️ flying back from NYC I will share moments that touch me. https://t.co/b5bcxryY09

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

When I respect one, I respect the other. https://t.co/NmbUtifx8I

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

I will intersperse an intro to real tantra (Wearing the Body of Visions) and my own tweets. Welcome to a threaded tapestry of EPL, tantra, and my life 🧵

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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image: it’s when you find yourself splayed on the floor—competent, cosmopolitan you—about to pray to, you know.. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 you know some part of you has given up as absurd as it is, you are talking to god https://t.co/ULplck34R7

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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God is the first surrender to “FUCK I don't know what I want, or how to get it, but this ain’t it.” Surrender to not knowing what you want. Surrender to this moment being more powerful than what you can do. Surrender to not having any good reason to give beyond what you feel.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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A surrender of self-knowledge, of control, of self-explanation. A surrender to *what is*.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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There is a hapless humility to this scene. A kind of shame you cannot use any words to recover from. That’s what makes it so powerful.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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That moment is touching to me, because it is unrecoverable from. There is no justifying it. Elizabeth Gilbert captures in a powerful felt sense a lot of what might matter to any introduction to tantra.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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What if this moment was more powerfully *who I am* than when I am in control? What if I could want something and still not be able to get it? I am hapless. I am as I am. [this is the tantra book] https://t.co/lIvnjmLU2N https://t.co/GxMrm3wuqG

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Desire that survives a no is real desire.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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The humility of the scene is hapless. It can’t be used. Tantra too cannot be manipulated. You cannot use it to come out on top. There is no control. Tantra cannot be used. https://t.co/PEhCgX9cWy

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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It is not that Gilbert is writing tantra. It is that she is writing, and so it is tantra. https://t.co/8zkDnkOnw9

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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She didn’t want to destroy anything. She just wanted to slip out the back door, without fuss or consequence, and not stop running till she reached Greenland. She imagined through her life. It wasn’t worth living through anymore. https://t.co/UV0qrHd8YA https://t.co/ZTUyYcNyv7

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Project forward this future and ask yourself: Is this really worth it? Imagine all of the future. The graduation, the dates, the promotions, the vacations. The grandkids, the highs, the lows, it all. And ask yourself: Is that still worth it?

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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I have wanted to escape all ambition expected of me. Leave behind. Knowing not what I will find, except whatever I had wasn’t it. https://t.co/B7TMRo7UoE

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

I feel done with life. I have nothing left to do. I made it, I don't mind continuing to exist, it’s pleasant, but . . . if it ended here, it would feel complete. 1. Have you felt this way? 2. When / what happens for you now?

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Her story means something to her. This sincerity is beautiful to me. https://t.co/h3WmZ1VxKq

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Sincerity is at the heart of all respect, and both are sincere. Both are so heart-breakingly sincere. https://t.co/UXunlPb8yR

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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> What kind of a dog is that? > A brown one. > What kind of a god is yours? > A magnificient one. https://t.co/tPkOsB8LiQ

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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On a plane again ✈️, reading a different copy of Eat, Pray, Love, because I gave the last one away to my friend @VividVoid_, and he gave me Soul Mountain. https://t.co/hEIazJHciX https://t.co/3RAqEVjoj8

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Catching a flight to Armenia. Has anyone been? Anyone nearby?

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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The book is divided into three parts Italy India Indonesia (Yes, three Is, I know. She does talk about it.) https://t.co/cShCvCDvxd

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Last flight, I read all of “Italy.” This time, I’m reading “India.” I cannot fail to appreciate the irony and the absurd hilarity of this being my airplane book.

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