New Year

I am thinking ahead to the New Year. Last year my New Year's Resolution was more spiritual - and harder for me to achieve than something physical! It was always there for me to aspire to.

In yoga there are yama and niyama as the first two limbs of an eight limbed path to samadhi. They are moral and ethical restraints and observances.
Ahimsa is harmlessness. It is not harming anyone or anything by your thoughts, words or deeds. It is about walking and moving gently and treating everything in a loving and gentle way - this creates a harmless vibration on the physical level first.
Then there are words - how often do we say something that is cruel or harsh and can cause pain to others? Speech should be non harmful, truthful, beneficial and pleasant and this will cause a harmless vibration with your speech.
Then there are thoughts - these are energy too - each thought affects every part of your body and then creates your mood. Instead of hurting the other person you are thinking harmful thoughts about, you are hurting yourself physically, mentally and emotionally.
These negative thoughts create negative energy. By dwelling on negative experiences, you are reliving negative experiences physically and emotionally.
The yogic way is to replace with love - love everything and everyone unconditionally. No expectations - with expectations you are always going to end up disappointed.
No one can make you happy. No one or nothing can be relied upon to make you happy
Now maybe you can see why I think Ahimsa will be my new year's resolution forever.