The Future and Practice

I am reaching the time of my life in which I must choose a focus of study. Drifting between Indian philosophy and Continental philosophy is a pretty fun experience--it is also a very confusing experience. There is some sort of link that should be explored between soteriology and existentialism but I am not sure if I am the one to do it. (At least I am not the one to do it anytime soon.) My greatest interest in this is what it is to be a being that is aware of its own conscience and how do we deal with the overwhelming specter of meaninglessness. I think this somehow would push philosophy back into telling us how to live without using ethics.

Saying that, this is way too big of a project to deal with now--to argue universals is impossible. My truest interests are becoming Shaivism, Yoga, and Tantra with a complimentary regime of Samkhya. These have always been my main interests and they all complement each other in strange ways. This will probably push me into a religious studies program for my PhD. Well that is what is going on for my academically.

I have further decide to push VK on hold for the next few months and explore Ashtanga a little more deeply. I am starting to understand why there is this buzz around it, but then again I like things that beat the crap out of me (I.E. graduate school) which Ashtanga definitely does. I would love to complete the primary series by next month and I am considering adding the sun salutation and standing series in my normal VK practice.