Reading Response 3

     Once again, I really enjoyed the reading in How Yoga Works for class this week. In particular, the chapter(s) about seeing things rightly was very interesting. It took me a while to understand what the pen being "itself...in itself" meant, but when Friday used the cow, I finally understood. I have a bit of a strange example to bring in, but it made me think of yoga philosophy in a time I never thought I would.
     Earlier today after finishing my reading, I was watching America's Next Top Model (go ahead and mock me, it's a guilty pleasure). During the end of the show, when each model faces the judges, one girl received bad comments from her fans. The fans said they did not like her personality or her modeling. Obviously, this upset the model and she tried to defend herself and her actions. Tyra Banks, the host of the show, jumped in a said that it doesn't matter what she says because the way people see her is how they will and she can't control that, just attempt to make a better impression. Of course, having just read HYW, I thought of the idea of understanding that we do not see things as they are, and neither do the people around us.
    That might seem like a stretch, but I like anytime that I can relate something I am reading for a class to something in pop culture or the world around me. It adds to my understanding of the topics, even if it doesn't help all of you readers. Thanks for sticking with me during the story, anyway. :)