Comments on: Avatar and Yoga – Gotta put in my two cents http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/ yoga and all it's implications Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: kaoverii http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-127 kaoverii Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:18:07 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-127 <code>http://themoviebanter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009_avatar_010-1024x576.jpg </code> Definitely a lot of helixing going on in that tree - glad you noticed! http://themoviebanter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009_avatar_010-1024x576.jpg

Definitely a lot of helixing going on in that tree – glad you noticed!

]]> By: carol http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-126 carol Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:42:45 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-126 am I the only soul who noticed the sushumna, ida,and pingala rising inside the hometree? If that isn't yoga...what is? am I the only soul who noticed the sushumna, ida,and pingala rising inside the hometree? If that isn’t yoga…what is?

]]> By: stop panic attacks http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-125 stop panic attacks Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:56:11 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-125 It was Terminator in the 1980's and then Titanic in the '90s and it's definitely Avatar in the 2000s!! It was Terminator in the 1980′s and then Titanic in the ’90s and it’s definitely Avatar in the 2000s!!

]]> By: kaoverii http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-116 kaoverii Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:54:15 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-116 Thanks for your comments Bob. Of course you're right, it's gratuitously violent. I could definitely go the terminator route with it, but as I said, I decided to put the violence in the parking lot and swim in the bliss of the rest of it. Thanks for your comments Bob. Of course you’re right, it’s gratuitously violent.
I could definitely go the terminator route with it, but as I said, I decided to put the violence in the parking lot and swim in the bliss of the rest of it.

]]> By: Bob Weisenberg http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Bob Weisenberg Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-115 Just linked to your review above at "It's All Yoga Baby." See my last comment there. http://itsallyogababy.com/2010/01/22/the-yoga-of-avatar/#comment-1141 Bob Just linked to your review above at “It’s All Yoga Baby.” See my last comment there.

http://itsallyogababy.com/2010/01/22/the-yoga-of-avatar/#comment-1141

Bob

]]> By: Bob Weisenberg http://www.subtleyoga.com/avatar-and-yoga-gotta-put-in-my-two-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Bob Weisenberg Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.subtleyoga.com/?p=548#comment-114 Great review. Can I take this to Waylon at Elephant Journal and suggest he publish it there? I had a slightly (!) different reaction to the film. Here are my comments at the good discussion at "It's All Yoga, Baby" http://bit.ly/5A50gP : "Cowboys and Indians in space with spectacular special effects. The cliches of the over-the-top-battle scenes overshadowed any other meaning in the film. I did love the breathtaking scenery and the creativity of the flora, fauna and characters, but why did I feel like I was emerging from the Terminator? I personally did not see anything the slightest bit Yogic here. Yoga is the antithesis of magic spirits and primitive nature worship. It emerged as a more direct and rational approach to spirituality, while still full of wonder and awe. Just my opinion. I’m very happy for those who saw bigger things in Avatar." To which Roseanne politely responded: "Bob, are you sure your 3D glasses were working properly? You really didn’t see anything bigger in there? Not sure if I’d consider yoga “antithetical” to magic spirits and nature worship… it’s not all direct and rational, there is definitely some magic in the tradition…" And I replied: "Yes, my 3D glasses worked great. Good questions and a big issue we’ve stumbled upon here, probably too big for a quick answer. But yes, I personally believe the the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita and especially the Yoga Sutra were the earliest attempts to see consciousness in a highly rational and, for the times, a scientific way. Rational and scientific don’t exclude wonder and awe and unfathomableness. Einstein himself, the ultimate scientist, often sounds like he’s coming right out of the Upanishads when he writes about spirituality. But being in awe of the wondrousness of nature and feeling one with it, which is at the heart of Yoga, is very different than inventing arbitrary magic spirits and worshiping them with elaborate religious rites presided by priests, as shown in Avatar. This is what the early Yoga sages were rebelling against, in my opinion." Bob Weisenberg http://YogaDemystified.com Great review. Can I take this to Waylon at Elephant Journal and suggest he publish it there?

I had a slightly (!) different reaction to the film. Here are my comments at the good discussion at “It’s All Yoga, Baby” http://bit.ly/5A50gP :

“Cowboys and Indians in space with spectacular special effects. The cliches of the over-the-top-battle scenes overshadowed any other meaning in the film.

I did love the breathtaking scenery and the creativity of the flora, fauna and characters, but why did I feel like I was emerging from the Terminator?

I personally did not see anything the slightest bit Yogic here. Yoga is the antithesis of magic spirits and primitive nature worship. It emerged as a more direct and rational approach to spirituality, while still full of wonder and awe.

Just my opinion. I’m very happy for those who saw bigger things in Avatar.”

To which Roseanne politely responded:

“Bob, are you sure your 3D glasses were working properly? You really didn’t see anything bigger in there? Not sure if I’d consider yoga “antithetical” to magic spirits and nature worship… it’s not all direct and rational, there is definitely some magic in the tradition…”

And I replied:

“Yes, my 3D glasses worked great. Good questions and a big issue we’ve stumbled upon here, probably too big for a quick answer.

But yes, I personally believe the the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita and especially the Yoga Sutra were the earliest attempts to see consciousness in a highly rational and, for the times, a scientific way.

Rational and scientific don’t exclude wonder and awe and unfathomableness. Einstein himself, the ultimate scientist, often sounds like he’s coming right out of the Upanishads when he writes about spirituality.

But being in awe of the wondrousness of nature and feeling one with it, which is at the heart of Yoga, is very different than inventing arbitrary magic spirits and worshiping them with elaborate religious rites presided by priests, as shown in Avatar.

This is what the early Yoga sages were rebelling against, in my opinion.”

Bob Weisenberg
http://YogaDemystified.com

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