Would be delightful to read an article where you share your insights and highlight where the perspectives merge and how they relate to ashtanga practice.

Hi Evgeny,
That’s wonderful to hear. It is fulfilling for me to know that presenting my ideas and perceptions in writing can have this kind of effect and resonance for people. Thank you for telling me!

Thanks Lucas. I have recently become more interested in Taoism and Neo-Confucianism. I have discovered that my own perspectives share a lot of common ground with these perspectives.

Hi Ben. Thanks for reading the articles, and I am glad they resonate with you! A big part of what I attempt to share is the removal of the objectified view of nature that we humans have adopted over the last few thousand years. My own spiritual path is that of immersion into nature as a participating subject, rather than a removed object.

BEN

Thank you for reading it 🙂

Hi Baxter. I’m not sure where you gleaned your expertise in Buddhism, but derivatives of the term “brahama” (including “brahmacharya”) are used extensively in the Pali canon, as well as in contemporary Buddhist discourse. In the Buddhist cosmology there are 31 planes of existence, 20 of which are known as “brahmanic planes” and inhabited by beings known as “brahmas”. These planes are accessed through development of various stages of jhana (which are analagous to Pantanjali’s stages of samadhi). In the canon, the Buddha claims to have taught the technique to attain nibbana to many bramanic beings.

Regarding your other two points, you are of course welcome to hold your eloquently expressed opinions and interpretations.