I realize I am a huge nerd, but swadhyaya has to be my favorite niyama. I love to read about philosophy, but I also Love to people watch! The most sacred of texts is written in all of us. People's actions, and even more so their in-actions, hold priceless lessons for those who are tuned in.
A few years ago I had a unique and fascinating opportunity to live in the middle east for three months. I found the most interesting group of people to watch was the women. Required to be covered in the presence of men, the women spent most of their time unnoticed by those around them. However, when in the company of only females, I discovered a universal sisterhood unlike anything I'd witnessed before. I learned in that time the power of openness, or conversely the opposing power of repression.
Bringing swadhyaya to your daily life is very simple - observe the world you're living in, learn from what you read, in books, in situations, in the people around you, and start applying those lessons to your own life.
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