How dignified do you go through life?

“Human dignity is inviolable.” – Article 1, Basic Law. This sentence fascinated me even as a teenager. At that time there was a T-shirt with the sentence printed on it. And at the time it was one of my favorite shirts. I just thought it was cool, straight to the point. Clear, loving, compassionate. And that's how I still feel today about this first article of the German Basic Law. And funnily enough this year with the upcoming "Day of German Unity" on October 3rd. The people of this time have become aware of their dignity. They had committed themselves (step 1) to wanting to be free. This gave them the strength of character (Step 2) to act “morally”. And so they rebuilt their own dignity!

It's the dignity of the moment when you raise your chest again. As these people did, they stood up! You straighten up, look up and open your own heart space for life and freedom! I still remember how much joy there was back then. How much energy, how much power, how much peace, how much love! A dam had broken! There should be no more separation! There should be unity! In which we meet with dignity. At eye level! With a deep look into the heart and not on the outside!

That's what I always mention in yoga with open-eyed exercises - face them forward, don't look down at anyone or up at anyone, we are all one! Dignity means (sometimes) exactly this unity. We are all the same, no better or worse, higher or lower. Nobody deserves anything better or worse. Every human being deserves dignity, appreciation, recognition. Just like we are! And of course this also starts within us! For to what extent can we honor ourselves within ourselves? Is our character "in our hands" so that the obligation towards us also exists as an inner action and thus dignity can arise at all? How much do we honor all of our parts, bodies, thoughts, emotions, feelings...? Do we also deal with this with dignity or do we skip this principle there?

A concrete question about one's own dignity can certainly be what kind of person I want to be in this life? Which values do I want to follow? Values have a lot to do with dignity! Respect, tolerance, acceptance, compassion, appreciation, equal treatment, ... . After all, all these values promote dignity immensely! They are like the logs of the raft. You carry the dignity on the ride! So do we want to "assemble" them in such a way that we really live the principle of dignity and not just ramble on about it? Do we have the courage to really let our hearts live, speak and act? Or are we hiding in our shell and personality?

Dignity gives us Divinity! Divinity is the fourth step on the path to happiness. It is up to us which path we take. Every second, with every thought, every action, every word, we can choose which one. Are we stuck in our limited "old self" or am I opening myself up to the infinite expanse of truth? Yes, it takes energy and strength and blah and blah. The other one too! Why not give ourselves the respect and dignity we "deserve"? We are infinite, beautiful, magical beings! Graceful and full of love! Divinity in a three-dimensional world! What a miracle!

I wish you an October full of miracles! Full of dropping moments! Full of moments of change! The Harvest! The retreat! The silent one!

Sat Nam!

In the next post: Step 4 - Divinity