June 22, 2026
What you call the seer is nothing but the action, the event of seeing. All our yoga practices are supposed to lead us to this realization that seeing is not the doing of "I", but a happening. What lifts the legs are the abdominal muscles, not the "I". The "I" is only a mischief-maker. Most of those who try difficult postures know that the “I” with its own projections, is merely a nuisance, an obstacle. When the projections of one's own self-image creeps into it, one becomes nervous, excited and anxious. One wants to excel the other and gets into trouble.
The alternative is letting the energy and intelligence in each part of the body do what they want to do. Then the posture is perfect. It is the best you can do at the moment.
There is no such thing as failure really. There is only failure to do, not failure to achieve. Success is always there. So long as one does anything, success follows. To succeed is "to come after". The outcome follows the earlier action.
It is when we do not start it all, when nothing is done, that there is failure. It is this fear of what is called failure, that makes one feel ambition is necessary, that without the driving force of the urge for achievement, we would all be cabbages.